Sentence examples for scramble for loot from inspiring English sources
It has become chaotic, often a localised scramble for loot, mainly gold and diamonds.
The novelist Joseph Conrad called it "the vilest scramble for loot that ever disfigured the history of human conscience".
When Joseph Conrad spoke of "the vilest scramble for loot that ever disfigured the history of human conscience", he was describing Congo under Belgium's King Leopold II, but his phrase has not dated.No one knows how many people died.
Soldiers and policemen joined in, attacking vehicles loaded with ceremonial paraphernalia and grabbing armfuls of T-shirts and umbrellas.That, in the eyes of many, is Nigeria: a mindless scramble for loot by rich and poor alike.
OUR FAR-FLUNG CORRESPONDENTS about Joseph Heartt of Darkness" and the factual equivalent of Mr. Kurtz in Congo... Conrad had come to the Congo expecting to the exotic Africa of his childhood dreams; he found instead what he later described as "the vilest scramble for loot that ever disfigured the history of human conscience".
She has produced a documentary on the subject, When Elephants Fight, and her words echoed those of Joseph Conrad in Heart of Darkness more than a century ago, describing the conflict as "the most vile scramble for loot that ever scarred the face of human consciousness".
It's a mad scramble for just a bit of loot.
Ivan returning for loot, hears Sonia's cries for help.
They scramble for money to survive.
New residents scramble for season tickets.
