money-grubbing

Example Sentences

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But the light that she turns on Pinochet and his money-grubbing, self-justifying descendants is not merely investigative in nature.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2023

“The main thing,” Zwickel said in a phone interview, “was about bringing out his humanity, making sure he wasn’t just this money-grubbing caricature.”

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2023

I didn't volunteer to support corrupt, money-grubbing contractors, nor work for commanders only interested in themselves.

From Salon • Nov. 5, 2022

“This is a money-grubbing story,” said his attorney, Patrick McShane.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 1, 2021

Gentlemen's tickets, one guinea; ladies', twenty-five per cent. less—a supposed inducement to the sordid, money-grubbing male relative or friend who has the purse to bring them.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 by Various