The views of her guardian were, however, opposed to the young man's suit, Mr Andrew Tucker mercenarily designing to secure the heiress for his own son. From Wordnik.com. [Henry Fielding: a Memoir] Reference
On the other hand, those educators who argue "back to basics" and "accountability" must also deal with the fact that this society has becoming mercenarily toxic. From Wordnik.com. [Joel Shatzky: Educating for Democracy: Why Johnny (or Janie) Won't Read] Reference
We are mercenarily applying the judgement of our peers and their peers to the decisions that we make in business, as families and as individuals. From Wordnik.com. [Marketing Profs Daily Fix] Reference
At times, they would look down at my keyboard and scowl incredulously while my hands merrily danced about and announced that I didn't care about being mercenarily screwed. From Wordnik.com. [Laid-Off Dad] Reference
The thought of carrying on a flirtation under the fastidious Boston eye of Mrs. Brimmer, instead of under the discreet and mercenarily averted orbs of Dona Ursula, did not commend itself pleasantly to Brace. From Wordnik.com. [The Crusade of the Excelsior] Reference
Yet he was not harsh and sweeping in his movement; he was sparing of those feelings which are deep because they belong to our childhood, of convictions that are honest because they are all we possess, and of forms of public life to which along antiquity imparts an air of reverence; and he would not see the Temple of the Jews mercenarily profaned. From Wordnik.com. [Margaret] Reference
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