Sentence examples for rapaciousness from inspiring English sources
The word 'rapaciousness' is correct and usable in written English
It is a noun that means greed or a strong desire to take and possess something, often at the expense of others. Example: The company's rapaciousness led to them cutting corners and ignoring safety regulations, resulting in a major accident.
noun
The state of being rapacious; extreme gluttony
Speaking to the Guardian, Mitchell said he "should have used the word rapaciousness" instead of "rapists" but declined to apologise.
Substute [sic] rapaciousness before any more Physer [sic] defenders weigh in".
"If it needs explanation, I should have used the word rapaciousness," he said.
But the rapaciousness of lenders is too: one miner was recently found to owe 20,000 rand on an initial loan of 1,000 rand.
That would mark a shift in Nigerian power, away from the PDP.Many voters are disgusted with the rapaciousness of Africa's biggest political party.
In 1998-99, Scottish advisers and funders were reckoned to have been involved in 500 corporate deals worth somewhere around £4 billion.This Caledonian rapaciousness has produced a nice irony.
He and Mr Grillo launched M5S on the feast day of St Francis, whose disinterest in money Mr Casaleggio sees as a counterpoint to the rapaciousness of Italian parties and politicians.
Even the last of the world's waters to be exploited in the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean, and round Antarctica have succumbed to the rapaciousness of vast fishing fleets.
Those oligarchs who wanted closer European integration did so not for access to its markets but as a protection against the Yanukovych family's shameless rapaciousness.
When the smoke finally cleared, the RJR-Nabisco battle came to symbolise what is widely viewed as an era of short-sightedness, rapaciousness and greed.In comparison, the Glaxo-SmithKline deal does indeed represent a different era.
She was referring not only to climate change, but also to the "rapaciousness of the mining industry".
