Sentence examples for for materialistic from inspiring English sources

He concludes: "I'm doing what I'm doing for the sake of Islam, not, you know, it's not for materialistic or worldly benefits".

Mindfulness is associated with a reduced desire for materialistic attainments and less materialistic values, while more mindful people engage in more positive environmental behaviours and have lower ecological prints.

These structures in turn manifest capacities whose explication cannot be given in crude materialistic terms; for materialistic terms, as Aristotle understands them, fail to account for the fact that mature members of species cease growing, having realized the structures characteristic of their kind.

This is certainly the case, at least, for materialistic determinists.

"Death Certificate" was and is brilliant, as are "The Predator" and "Amerikkka's Most Wanted," and there's nothing one-dimensional or simple about them: "Us," also from "Death Certificate," indicts the African-American community for refusing to take responsibility for the materialistic and violent aspects of its culture.

Reality shows that exalt indolent, loud-mouthed exhibitionists may seem like almost biblical retribution for our materialistic, celebrity-obsessed age.

For example, in the United States, children's Saturday morning television programming came under fire for promoting materialistic values.

In a potential baby-bath-water scenario, the risk is that by adapting practices such as mindfulness and contemplation for a materialistic world, their essence could become perverted to suit the materialistic worldview.

But more likely it's because the writers are churning out these movies so fast that they have to grab the most obvious, hackneyed stress points available to propel their thin stories, and what's more stressful than losing your job just when you're supposed to be buying presents for your materialistic kids?

Only last weekend the Sunday Times, quasi-bible for many materialistic aspirants, quoted on page one a private school head (paywall) warning that layers of middle-class doctors, lawyers and teachers accustomed to sending their kids to private schools were being priced out of the market by fast-rising fees, quadrupled in 20 years.

Photos aren't important for their materialistic value, but because they are truly priceless.