Sentence examples for pursuing material from inspiring English sources

What are the spiritual costs of pursuing material wealth?

Despite the long boom, Americans are pursuing material happiness during this holiday season with unwavering zeal.

I asked him if negotiating with a theocratic/ideological power like Iran is different from negotiating with a nation that's primarily pursuing material interests.

"Chinese people are so busy pursuing material goods that they are not concerned that their kids are not getting an education," says Mr. Zhang.

Rather than pursuing material comforts, the Zhangs, like hundreds of millions of families across China, have focused their money and effort on getting their children through high school and into universities.

He advised against pursuing material interests and progress for progress' sake.

He marveled that Israel's population had grown to eight million people — but said he worried that they were becoming less grounded in moral values as they increasingly pursued material goals.

Others decide to pursue material relating to less familiar criminals.

As a result, the small self pursues health and spirituality the same way it pursues material consumption: the more, the better.

In fear of scarcity, we have continued to pursue material gain from the outer world, taking from others and depleting Earth's natural resources.

"House of Their Dreams" thematically revolves around a family that has pursued material interests at the expense of being together; musically, the song was compared to a softer version of the band's song "American Dream".