Sentence examples for materialistic it is from inspiring English sources

It's been called "American materialism" because as much as it is materialistic, it is American.

He wasn't materialistic; it was more important to him that the kids have a great time".

For reasons emotional ("I want to make a difference") and materialistic ("It's where the jobs are"), a nationwide surge of interest has developed in government work like the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Peace Corps.

To open his concert on Wednesday night at the World Financial Center, he rolled out the bluesy, ultra-materialistic "It's Money That Matters".

To Mai, the joy of Lolita's clothes doesn't mask its inherently materialistic nature: "It is such an excessive hobby to have".

But if this is what I picked to talk about, I am clearly not that materialistic because it is not very interesting or special".

In Nigeria's fiercely hierarchical and materialistic society, it is easy for top politicians to discredit criticism of their lifestyle from those below them on the social ladder: by simply implying that it stems from envy.

This affinity for the mystical was evident to Scholem, who described Benjamin's work as "an often puzzling juxtaposition of the two modes of thought, the metaphysical-theological and the materialistic," but it is not easy for modern readers to embrace.

This allows Wyclif to describe just, grace-favored civil dominium as different in kind from the civil lordship predicated on materialistic human concerns: "It is right for God to have two vicars in His church, namely a king in temporal affairs, and a priest in spiritual.

It's not quite anti-materialistic, but it's certainly less materialistic than the mall sensibility.

We allow ourselves to be led by a materialistic culture; it's sad because we mistreat each other to get things we don't really want.