greedily

Example Sentences

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Nothing of that great regional upheaval greedily foretold by the prophets of Western decline.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

The idea of the metaverse has been bearing down on us for decades, and until now we’ve greedily eaten up its ever-ripening fruits.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2023

“We greedily destroy what we think we don’t need, only to discover we could have used that knowledge,” he said, to applause.

From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2022

When I recently made it for my family, I proceeded to shock myself with how much I greedily put away.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2022

Many times a day, he would see other children taking creamy candy bars out of their pockets and munching them greedily, and that, of course, was pure torture.

From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl