Example sentences from the Web for money-grubbing

Garrick was accused of money-grubbing, and his weakness in that respect was the subject of more than one smart jest by Foote.
By-ways in Book-land|William Davenport Adams
It is no scandal to say that money-grubbing in the dale is proverbial.
A Month in Yorkshire|Walter White
They have become absorbed in money-grubbing and what they call industry.
Lothair|Benjamin Disraeli
Do interpose a little ease and recreation amid the money-grubbing which confines you to the town.
Horace|William Tuckwell

Thus the controversy is conducted by those who generally think that commerce is superior to Greek, money-grubbing to good manners.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton|Patrick Braybrooke

money-grubbing

SEE SYNONYMS FOR money-grubbing ON THESAURUS.COM

adjective

informal seeking greedily to obtain money at every opportunity

Derived forms of money-grubbing

money-grubber, noun

Words nearby money-grubbing

money cowry, moneyed, moneyer, money fund, moneygrubber, money-grubbing, money is no object, Money is the root of all evil, moneylender, moneymaker, moneymaking

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单词	money-grubbing
释义	Example sentences from the Web for money-grubbing Garrick was accused of money-grubbing, and his weakness in that respect was the subject of more than one smart jest by Foote. By-ways in Book-land\|William Davenport Adams It is no scandal to say that money-grubbing in the dale is proverbial. A Month in Yorkshire\|Walter White They have become absorbed in money-grubbing and what they call industry. Lothair\|Benjamin Disraeli Do interpose a little ease and recreation amid the money-grubbing which confines you to the town. Horace\|William Tuckwell Thus the controversy is conducted by those who generally think that commerce is superior to Greek, money-grubbing to good manners. Gilbert Keith Chesterton\|Patrick Braybrooke money-grubbing SEE SYNONYMS FOR money-grubbing ON THESAURUS.COM adjective informal seeking greedily to obtain money at every opportunity Derived forms of money-grubbing money-grubber, noun Words nearby money-grubbing money cowry, moneyed, moneyer, money fund, moneygrubber, money-grubbing, money is no object, Money is the root of all evil, moneylender, moneymaker, moneymaking Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to money-grubbing selfish, unscrupulous, acquisitive, grasping, rapacity, acquisitiveness, avidity, avarice, cupidity, rapaciousness, covetousness, greediness, avaricious, corrupt, covetous, miserly, sordid, stingy, unethical, unprincipled
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Example sentences from the Web for money-grubbing

money-grubbing

adjective

Derived forms of money-grubbing

Words nearby money-grubbing

Words related to money-grubbing