How to Use greed in a Sentence

greed

noun

• He was a ruthless businessman, motivated by naked ambition and greed.
• The guns, the greed, the homelessness, the mental illness.
  — Shawn Hubler, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• His head was cut down on to the sand, his mouth filled with molten gold to mark the greed that all the Parthians knew him for.
  — Peter Stothard, Time, 21 Dec. 2022
• Groff makes clear that Frank’s is a tragedy of weakness, not simply of greed.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2023
• As the moon and Mars clash, distinguish between need and greed.
  — USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2024
• What the show demonstrates is that greed makes people act a certain way.
  — Adrienne Gaffney, Town & Country, 7 Jan. 2023
• His Ernest is a jut-jawed, not very bright man irreparably torn by greed.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2023
• The attorneys for the trio argued that poverty, not greed, was what drove their clients.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2023
• This is a story about greed, notes the team, which leads to schemes, deception, conflicts and death.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 17 July 2023
• And the reason is because of the malice, negligence, or greed.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Nov. 2023
• Let the greed stakes begin on another war to profit from.
  — Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
• There’s greed in the air and nobody’s worried about anybody but themselves.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 8 Aug. 2023
• Many have chalked up Prime’s ads rollout to corporate greed.
  — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2024
• The investors deserved to lose their shirts; greed and stupidity got the better of them.
  — WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023
• Slasher films of the 1980s took on wealth, greed and the false sense of suburban security.
  — Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023
• The reason for the hikes may be due to supply issues and climate change, rather than corporate greed.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2024
• But that world of grift and greed is antithetical to the network effect.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 July 2023
• And in Syria, a lion teaches a woodcutter the perils of greed and the meaning of friendship.
  — Husna Haq, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Dec. 2023
• The corruption, the greed — those are the things that have hurt the citizens, especially here in Detroit.
  — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 9 Aug. 2023
• Still, Jones knows in his 24th season that a little greed on offense is necessary in June.
  — Caleb Wiegandt, The Courier-Journal, 3 June 2023
• Well, China rules by fear, and also inducements and greed.
  — Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 6 Jan. 2023
• And there’s concern among long-timers that the hot market for puppies is incentivizing people who are in it for greed, not the breed.
  — Jennifer Peltz, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024
• And there's concern among long-timers that the hot market for puppies is incentivizing people who are in it for greed, not the breed.
  — CBS News, 20 Mar. 2024
• In the end, the entire show comes full circle as each character meets a bitter end as a result of their greed and thirst for revenge.
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 5 Jan. 2023
• The union can now move on During the strike, the UAW fell into their standard-issue spiel of corporate greed and non-living wages.
  — Adam Hanft, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2023
• Unabashed greed, now that perfectly solvent people are not ashamed to beg for cash, surely has a lot to do with this.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 16 May 2023
• They are spurred by the oldest passions—glory, desire, greed, and revenge—and the darkest magic.
  — The New Yorker, 9 July 2023
• Each cone represents one of the seven deadly sins: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride.
  — Fabiola Sánchez, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Dec. 2023
• Her chapters on greed and lust and more apply to nervous breakdowns, break-room donuts and the unbreakable glass ceiling.
  — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2023
• Woodcock said Vallow Daybell was driven by greed and a need to be the center of attention.
  — Allison Elyse Gualtieri, CBS News, 31 July 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024