greedy

[ˈɡriːdi]

Definition:
1. Wanting more money, power, food, etc. than you really need.
2. Ardently or excessively desirous.
3. Wanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume.

Use 'greedy' in a sentence:

1. He is a greedy boy, he ate all our biscuits.
2. He is insatiably greedy.
3. He is greedy like a hog.
4. He's a greedy boy, yesterday, for instance, he ate all our biscuits!
5. The lights go off, and the din of the tourists turns from a momentary grumble of protest to a greedy growl to whispered disappointment.
6. One-side love like a greedy leech absorbed my time and my mirth.
7. This man is greedy and gluttonous to the extreme.
8. Though I will not tell anyone, I want you not to be greedy and never to do anything wrong.
9. Edith was seen as a conniving, greedy woman.
10. The point is that you should be happy with what you already have and not risk losing it by being greedy and trying to get more.
11. The greedy boy ate up all the food remaining on the table.
12. He stared at the girl with greedy eyes.
13. I asked myself what mistakes I had made in educating my son so that he acted in such a greedy way.
14. That big-bellied fellow was very cruel and greedy.
15. He was not greedy with his money.
16. The King came to know of the pot, and he was very greedy.
17. He attacked greedy bosses for awarding themselves big raises.
18. A man can't be so greedy, maybe thing will go to an opposite side if we want to finish a thing in one time.
19. I know this is true because I was once a greedy and unhappy person and because those are the types of people I associated myself with.
20. Nothing will ever content the greedy man.
21. She was greedy for pow è r.
22. Many people are greedy of office.
23. The lure of money is strong for those who are greedy for wealth, but weak for those who regard material wealth as dung.
24. The boy cannot be hungry; it is sheer greedy.
25. The greedy child brought up all he had eaten.
26. Why is little brother so greedy?
27. I love everything. I'm greedy.
28. He brushed aside talk of greedy MPs voting themselves a backdoor pay rise.
29. He is a greedy little boy.
30. The dictator was greedy for power.
31. You are indeed greedy.
32. Genesis recorded a song which took a swipe at greedy property developers who bought up and demolished people's homes.
33. We were not only assumed to be thieves but brilliant, greedy thieves.
34. The Democrats tended to view society as a continuing conflict between "the people"—farmers, planters, and workers—and a set of greedy aristocrats.
35. Mary became an honest girl and was never greedy again.
36. He ran his greedy eyes over them, searching for the thinnest ones.
37. The greedy boy was crunching on a hard and dry piece of toast.
38. He attacked greedy bosses for awarding themselves big rises.
39. At the same time, this sea-water also kills off the greedy giant apple snail, an introduced pest that feeds on young rice plants.
40. This sea-water also kills off the greedy giant apple snail, an introduced pest that feeds on young rice plants.
41. This isn't a battle between garment workers and greedy bosses.
42. She is greedy and selfish.
43. These guys destroyed the company. They're all a bunch of greedy pigs.
44. The sight of these greedy young hedgehogs stuffing themselves with fried ham makes me feel positively famished.
45. He stared at the diamonds with greedy eyes.
46. The greedy pig's eaten all the biscuits!
47. You greedy pig! You've already had two helpings!
48. The shareholders are greedy for profit.
49. Once upon a time, in a beautiful mountain inn, there was a greedy old innkeeper who was always thinking about money.