Sentence examples for thirst for material from inspiring English sources

"There is a lot of thirst for material things.

There are questions about the nature of commerce and a universal thirst for material goods that you don't explore.

I'll be in India speaking about the themes in my latest book, Freedom for Sale, about the trade-offs people have made during the last two decades of globalisation between freedom on the one side, and the thirst for material wealth and the demand for total security on the other.

At the same time, he went on to say, a thirst for the material luxuries that the modern world can provide can't be equated with demands for political rights — something that he doesn't see happening here soon.

Today is a good day for Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso, as well as everyone with a thirst for new material retaining the spirit of Swedish House Mafia.

As the album drew to a close, it was clear from the blissful looks on everyone's faces that Syro will certainly quench Aphex's fans' thirst for fresh material.

There has been much publicity about China's hunt for resources abroad, mostly in developing countries but not so widely known is that recycling plays a huge role in quenching its thirst for raw materials.

Mittal's thirst for raw materials has even led it to make approaches to an ore producer in Liberia, despite the political uncertainty there.The big steelmakers hope that further consolidation will help to shift the balance of power in their favour, and they appear convinced that sheer bulk will help them to ride out any future slackening of demand.

In the 1850s, southern production of cotton doubled from 2 million to 4 million bales, with no sign of either slowing down or quenching the industrial West's thirst for raw materials.

On the courthouse steps afterward, Robert J. Cleary, the United States attorney for New Jersey, said the charges amounted to a criminal smorgasbord "motivated by Milan's unquenchable thirst for money and material possessions".

The pope demanded justice for the weak and affirmed the rights of the environment on Friday in a forceful speech to the United Nations that warned against "a selfish and boundless thirst for power and material prosperity".