Example Sentences

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It followed naturally that gourmandism should be neither gluttony nor voracity but "the impassioned, considered and habitual preference for whatever pleases the taste."

From Time Magazine Archive

A shameless blend of petty larceny, mendacity, fleas, gourmandism, dirt and unequalled plausibility.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, September 26, 1917 by Various

His gourmandism was a highly agreeable trait; and to hear him talk of roast meat was as appetizing as a pickle or an oyster.

From The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

As soon as he had appeased his appetite, or his gourmandism, he went to look to the economy of the establishment.

From Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. by Watson, William Davy

Every extravagant and extraordinary delicacy invented by Epicureanism, from the days of Lucullus to the days of Gallic gourmandism, is here in abundance.

From 'Midst the Wild Carpathians by J?kai, M?r