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Значения термина esurient на английском

Devouring or craving food in great quantities.

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      Extremely hungry.

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            (Often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous.

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                  Examples for "greedy"
                  Examples for "greedy"
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                  Superefficient engines that were kept off the market by greedy energy companies.
                  Existence
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                  However, when we paid piles of peanuts, we simply got greedy monkeys.
                  The Irish Times
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                  A greedy algorithm approach was used to conduct the propensity score match.
                  Pubmed
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                  There was one of her family in particular that was especially greedy.
                  The Tale of Grandfather Mole
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                  Simple in his tastes, and yet very vain and greedy of applause.
                  In the Reign of Terror: The Adventures of a Westminster Boy
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                  It didn't fall, however, though the fire must have been devouring it.
                  Complete Books of Blood
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                  And she had known nothing but waiting and devouring for so long.
                  Strange Sweet Song
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                  This was killed in a hen-house where it was devouring the poultry.
                  The History of Sumatra / Containing An Account Of The Government...
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                  Alice was standing in the dining-room devouring a book of Greek history.
                  The Rebel of the School
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                  She sat and trembled before the devouring gaze of the great Ferriday.
                  We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
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                  Based on Lucy's avid expression, we had plenty of time to talk.
                  The Book of Life
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                  The sophisticated, secularist family of Dr. Zarkhi no doubt contained avid readers.
                  The gates of november
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                  Two hundred thousand avid fans would pour into Charlotte for Race Week.
                  Flash and Bones
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                  EBONY.com: As many avid readers may know, Harlequin is synonymous with romance.
                  Ebony
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                  Cardinal McKeefry School teacher Laura Thomsen said her students were avid readers.
                  Radio NZ
                  Использование термина esurient на английском
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                  The clamourings of esurient Viennese-
                  Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 12, 1919
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                  Lowest of all are those whose esurient vanity, acting on a frivolous levity of mind, urges them to make Literature a plaything for display.
                  The Principles of Success in Literature
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                  Oscar-theamiable, irresponsible, esurient Oscar-with no more sense of a picture than of the fit of a coat, has the courage of the opinions .
                  Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1
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                  Esurient через время