Well, there is no nation that drinks so hoggishly as the English. From Wordnik.com. [The Expedition of Humphry Clinker] Reference
Down below it was worse; sometimes “hoggishly mild,” as Beck used to put it. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912] Reference
I despised anyone who was not describable as a "gentleman," but also I hated the hoggishly rich. From Wordnik.com. [Orwell: The Authorized Biography (review)] Reference
I despised anyone who was not describable as a ‘gentleman’, but also I hated the hoggishly rich, especially those who had grown rich too recently. From Wordnik.com. [The Road to Wigan Pier] Reference
But letting a man spend his wages hoggishly on himself and robbing his children and driving them from their lawful home and cheating you out of every right and even your self-respect is nothing to be patient about. From Wordnik.com. [Green Valley] Reference
Some of them are in trouble now, and nearly all are faced with trouble as bad or worse if the forces of change are allowed to move as blindly and hoggishly forward as they have been moving during the decades behind us, ever faster and on ever wider fronts. From Wordnik.com. [The Nation's River A report on the Potomac from the U.S. Department of the Interior] Reference
Down below it was worse; sometimes "hoggishly mild," as Beck used to put it. From Wordnik.com. [The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 1] Reference
How on earth could he go to bed, be hoggishly sleeping, while those chaps were marching out?. From Wordnik.com. [If Winter Comes] Reference
Out from this peered a hideous, dog-like face, low-browed, with pointed ears and a nose almost hoggishly flat. From Wordnik.com. [The Devil Doctor] Reference
Out from this peered a hideous, dog-like face, low browed, with pointed ears and a nose almost hoggishly flat. From Wordnik.com. [The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu] Reference
I despised anyone who was not describable as a gentleman, but also I hated the hoggishly rich, especially those who had grown rich too recently. From Wordnik.com. [The Road to Wigan Pier] Reference
Bryce was lying prone and snoring away hoggishly. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Valley] Reference
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