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Meanings of inordinate desire in English

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Usage of inordinate desire in English
1
It was due, I think, chiefly to his inordinate desire to please.
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime; The Portrait of Mr. W.H., and Other ...
2
Aside from his having inordinate desire, I know of no sexual abnormality.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 / Sexual Inversion
3
Now ambition which is inordinate desire of honor is not a capital vice.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
4
Sarah was not only under the influence of distrust, but of inordinate desire.
Female Scripture Biography, Volume I
5
He seemed to have no inordinate desire for admiration or even for approbation.
Weighed and Wanting
6
He should be content with little, and be freed from all inordinate desire.
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh
7
Mrs. Milton-Cleave had one weakness-shewas possessed by an inordinate desire for influence.
The Autobiography of a Slander
8
He saw this stone, and at once felt an inordinate desire to possess it.
The Woman in the Alcove
9
Rest from inordinate desire of knowledge, for therein is found much distraction and deceit.
The Imitation of Christ
10
But I mean an inordinate desire for drink, a craving that makes indulgence perilous?
Danger; Or, Wounded in the House of a Friend
11
What I do know is that an inordinate desire for vengeance took possession of me.
The Confession of a Child of the Century
12
What I do know is that an inordinate desire for vengeance entered into my soul.
The Confession of a Child of the Century — Volume 1
13
Her pitiable position appealed to the best of him; his inordinate desire of her aroused the worst.
Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 4
14
Hence it is evident that he is speaking of covetousness as denoting the inordinate desire for riches.
Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) / From the Com...
15
Since then ambition denotes inordinate desire of honor, it is evident that it is always a sin.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
16
But this I know: it was out of their inordinate desire for joy that they forewent joy.
When God Laughs, and Other Stories
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