Sentence examples for piggish from inspiring English sources

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piggish

adjective

Greedy or gluttonous

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He has attacked Mr Netanyahu's "piggish capitalism", but insists that he is still "a man of the national camp".

That is, in a state like Oklahoma with a tremendous cattle industry, but few inhabitants indeed it could be piggish behavior - or cows, sheep, even ostriches to blame; cattle energy use per pound (feed production, water, transport, etc). is in itself an argument for vegetarianism as an environmental tactic, likely influencing these numbers.

Taller than humans, they have long hair-like appendages, piggish snouts and insect-like mandibles.

The caricaturist follows the reverse procedure by discovering horsey, mousy, or piggish features in the human face.

These usually featured working-class protagonists; dumb, larcenous ne'er-do-wells; piggish, sweaty villains; violent, out-of-control, sex-crazed brutes; and women in distress.

Last season, a piggish copywriter pulled a similar prank, parodying her with a dirty cartoon.

While the seven-member cast works together seamlessly, two actors deserve special mention: Barron and Aya Cash, who plays the Eastern European girlfriend of Kelly's piggish brother-in-law.

Scorsese mounts the filthy, piggish behavior on such a grand scale that mere moral disapproval might seem squeamish, unimaginative, frightened.

Actually, she is on the verge of making way for Templeton when he foolishly says something piggish to her.

Ava the pit bull greeted her roommate with grunts and slobber, her expression demonic, her green-brown eyes, rimmed in pink, showing piggish intellect and gusto, yet helpless to command her smacking, cavernous jaws.

"You've gotten so piggish with your time, Peter".

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