piggishness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for piggishness
Noun
  • It’s been a record-breaking summer of gluttony in the Premier League.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The nutria’s cardinal sin, however, is gluttony.
    Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The record captures mounting angst, pushes back against control and calls out the capitalistic sides of our culture that fuel materialism and overconsumption.
    Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Jeff Manchester might have been a folk hero of the early 2000s, but his story resonates even more today, with wealth inequality and performative materialism higher than ever.
    Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Every February and September, when the event takes place, critics and showgoers bemoan that the entire affair is strangled by commercialism and limping toward irrelevance.
    Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Such a move would never be tolerated or accepted by a footballing environment that remains deeply suspicious of commercialism and militantly on guard against any move in that direction.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Reflect honestly about your longings as Mercury flows with Jupiter and Saturn.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Together, Alborán and Riza beautifully harmonized over a dreamy, Middle Eastern rhythm that Reyes was creating, and later brainstormed heartfelt lyrics about missing and longing for someone.
    Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Appetite refers to the desire to eat.
    Merve Ceylan, Health, 26 Oct. 2025
  • This decision comes from a place of necessity, not desire.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2025
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“Piggishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piggishness. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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