Sentence examples for cupidity from inspiring English sources

Was it Mr Khodorkovsky's political ambitions, or his plans to sell a large chunk of the company to Exxon Mobil? Was it his intention to build private pipelines, or the cupidity of the new elite?

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As the king's cupidity and nervousness increased in his last years, he found new ways to squeeze money from his subjects: to keep them, in Henry's own words, "in danger at his pleasure".

Civilisation after civilisation had been brought down by the cupidity and ignorance of kings.It could happen again, too (though Volney, a good revolutionary, thought a General Assembly of the People might forestall or delay it).

He also repented his own cupidity.

For his Turkish masters he wrote the Seyāsat-nāmeh ("Book of Government"), in which he urged the regulation of royal court procedures in line with Sāmānid models and the restriction of the arrogance and cupidity of the military fief holders.

The sight of the treasure he carried roused the cupidity of the sailors, who resolved to kill him and seize his wealth.

Indicative of a growing spirit of independence was the libel case of John Peter Zenger, a journalist whose weekly journal criticized the political machinations and cupidity of Governor William Cosby.