materialistic

Example Sentences

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Mr. Ennos is hard on the materialistic lifestyle, and this view can be defended.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

He prefers giving flowers, describing the idea of gifting money as "materialistic".

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

The production by the late director Michael Cavanagh, which comes courtesy of San Francisco Opera, is indeed materialistic.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2025

Later they turn to kingly and materialistic protections against their wandering.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2024

I think it flattered him that I enjoyed his classes so much I take them for no materialistic reason like credit and an A, but for the sheer beauty of chemistry itself.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath