1 And then the picture faded, blotted out by an impulse, hard, unscrupulous and greedy, which had been born in the lean days at Tara and was now strengthened by the present uncertainty of life.
2 So obvious that I was the only man of your acquaintance who could love you after knowing you as you really are--hard and greedy and unscrupulous, like me.
3 She did not return for five months more; five months crammed with greedy accumulation of sounds and colors to take back for the long still days.
4 With greedy ears I learned the history of that murderous monster against whom I and all the others had taken our oaths of violence and revenge.
5 The mother played her accompaniments and at the same time watched her daughter with greedy admiration and nervous apprehension.
6 A messenger came back to say that Jurgis should wait, and so he came inside of the gate, perhaps not sorry enough that there were others less fortunate watching him with greedy eyes.
7 Such were the stockyards during the strike; while the unions watched in sullen despair, and the country clamored like a greedy child for its food, and the packers went grimly on their way.
8 Abandoning everything to the greedy grasp of those around her, the mother darted, with distraction in her mien, to reclaim her child.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 17 9 We drank in long greedy swallows.
10 I don't want it to do me more good than it does now, said my convict, with a greedy laugh.
11 He ate in a ravenous way that was very disagreeable, and all his actions were uncouth, noisy, and greedy.
12 Being now between me and the light, I could see her curled lip, and her cruel eyes intently fixed on one place, with a greedy triumph.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 50. Mr. PEGGOTTY'S DREAM COMES TRUE 13 A hawklike, greedy, cruel expression was left upon it.
14 During the cat's absence the mouse cleaned the house, and put it in order, but the greedy cat entirely emptied the pot of fat.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContext Highlight In CAT AND MOUSE IN PARTNERSHIP 15 When the king came and saw this, he was greatly astonished and pleased; but his heart grew still more greedy of gain, and he shut up the poor miller's daughter again with a fresh task.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContext Highlight In RUMPELSTILTSKIN