gluttony
excessive eating and drinking.
Origin of gluttony
1Other words for gluttony
gormandizing, intemperance, voracity |
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How to use gluttony in a sentence
A version of the show — seven 10-minute sketches, each by a different playwright, occasioned by the sins of gluttony, Pride, Lust, Wrath, Envy, Sloth and Greed, was first produced by Miami New Drama.
In Islamic teaching, Muslims are instructed to break their fasts with humble portions of food, motivating those who fast to avoid gluttony.
Like Wolfe’s New York in 1987’s “The Bonfire of the Vanities” and his Atlanta in 1998’s “A Man in Full,” Diofebi’s Vegas is typical of civilizational rot, a city unsustainable in its gluttony.
‘Paradise, Nevada’ tries to capture our anxious American essence with a collision course through the gaming industry | Pete Tosiello | April 11, 2021 | Washington PostWe still retain the 27 November habit, through sheer gluttony more than anything else.
But with unlimited access to the luxurious sandwiches, piled high with glistening meat, a buttery apocalypse of gluttony unfolded.
My Big, Buttery Lobster Roll Rumble: We Came, We Clawed, We Conquered | Scott Bixby | June 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The sheer size and length of the feast and our own gluttony had saved us from walking straight into an ambush.
The Last Days of the Americans in Afghanistan | William Dalrymple | April 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThanksgiving is about sloth and gluttony, as well as a dash of envy and greed.
Eat Turkey All You Want! It’s Not Going to Put You to Sleep | Kent Sepkowitz | November 22, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTEach January, we are reminded of the gluttony with which we enjoyed December.
Does a friend come and add to the gross character of such a man the unknown trait of disgusting gluttony?
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. HarperOlaus is the first author who mentions this animal and from his prodigious gluttony he called him gulo.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume VII (of 10) | Georges Louis Leclerc de BuffonTheir appetites and gluttony were such that it is said one of them would eat as much as fifty ordinary persons.
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 5 | Hubert Howe BancroftI believe that spiritual sweetness and unselfishness will conquer the gross gluttony of to-day.
Revolution and Other Essays | Jack LondonIf Dugdale is to be credited, their gluttony exceeded that of any previous or succeeding age.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume V | John Lord
British Dictionary definitions for gluttony
/ (ˈɡlʌtənɪ) /
the act or practice of eating to excess
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