We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter. From LearnThat.org. [Denis Diderot (1713-1784).]
Adjective, : the greedy owners of the company. ,greedy for praise. From Dictionary.com.
He repeated her name greedily, like a child who had just stolen his sibling’s Halloween candy. From Wordnik.com. [I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone] Reference
Bill jangled his coins greedily. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Furies] Reference
The snake licked greedily, and was visibly revived. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844] Reference
Cattle eat this grass greedily and seem to like it. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
Some of the ice had melted, and Ralph drank it greedily. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind in the Woods] Reference
Large trout will take them very greedily, cases and all. From Wordnik.com. [Amateur Fish Culture] Reference
It's about savoring the knowledge, not greedily observing. From Wordnik.com. [Book of Genesis] Reference
You finish this installment greedily looking forward to more. From Wordnik.com. [Delectable Detective] Reference
A stick of candy from Tom's pocket was greedily accepted by Jackie. From Wordnik.com. [The Dare Boys of 1776] Reference
New floods poured forth, and the parched earth drank them greedily up. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864] Reference
The fellow ate his food greedily, but his eyes seemed consumed in thought. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt from Codex Infinitum] Reference
This kind of down made me think of those ripe peaches one bites so greedily. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
After choking down the sandwiches greedily, he stalked over into their midst. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp] Reference
Then he flashes a big, beatific smile and adds greedily, "In the final minute.". From Wordnik.com. [Bold, Brave And A Buddhist] Reference
The baby glimpses a bottle in his mother's hand and lunges for it greedily. From Wordnik.com. [Birth Mothers, Seeking] Reference
The birdy woman behind the counter eyed me greedily as she asked for three ninety. From Wordnik.com. [The Island] Reference
Opening her bag, she took out the hasty lunch she had packed, and ate it greedily. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts' Good Turn] Reference
The little girl swallowed the morsel of toast greedily, and held out her hand again. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
The poor woman drank greedily, and then Mary went about seeking for other means of comfort. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Homestead] Reference
In our hunger there was no vile refuse we would not devour greedily if opportunity occurred. From Wordnik.com. [Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude] Reference
Between her fingers was some small, shining thing, upon which her eyes were fastened greedily. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
Even better, Everything Everything have greedily absorbed the production values of mainstream R&B. From Wordnik.com. [Man Alive by Everything Everything] Reference
She'd greedily consumed every word said and written about her, cut out and saved the best pictures. From Wordnik.com. ['Girl of Murder City'] Reference
When I spot high school yearbooks, I seize one and page through it greedily for pictures of Robert. From Wordnik.com. [The Spirit Upwelling] Reference
His eyes were staring eagerly and greedily at the closed iron box which old Captain Jules was guarding. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference
He studied the beautiful, down-bent face greedily now, but it was not the eye of a man looking at a maid. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
Only of sturgeon we had great store, whereon our men would so greedily surfeit, as it cost many their lives. From Wordnik.com. [The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia] Reference
To my delight they greedily accepted the new food, and now I felt assured of keeping them during the winter. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866] Reference
Cattle greedily eat this grass when young, but when old and in full flower some cattle do not like it so much. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
We are hungry for news from you, and we picture greedily the piles of letters we shall find waiting for us in Bulgaria. From Wordnik.com. [Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915] Reference
This is purchased as small crystals which greedily absorb water and rapidly become almost liquid if not properly corked. From Wordnik.com. [Bromide Printing and Enlarging A Practical Guide to the Making of Bromide Prints by Contact and Bromide Enlarging by Daylight and Artificial Light, With the Toning of Bromide Prints and Enlargements] Reference
At last, by skilfully watching his opportunity, he brought one of them down with a lucky shot, and pounced on it greedily. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
But the fingers hung suspended, opened in air, her mouth open too, and she listened greedily to faint sounds of men's voices. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Cumberlands] Reference
Josephus lapped, greedily, thirstily, till the empty saucer circled on the stoep under the onslaughts of his small pink tongue. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
Pizarro accepted the offer, and the Spaniards greedily watched the arrival of their treasure from the roofs of palace and temple. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
No shipwrecked mariner ever more greedily devoured with his dazzled eyes the fateful loreley of a rocky, deserted coast than he did her. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
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