rapaciously
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Like Billy Crystal’s in “Rabbit Test,” Lil Nas X’s prosthetic belly is just a costume, but this time it’s worn by a queer pop star rapaciously churning cultural shibboleths into internet chum.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2022
Beijing has not let up in its efforts to make internet companies behave less rapaciously.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2021
For a company that has a reputation for rapaciously collecting user data and then turning that data into ads and services, it’s surprising to hear that Google doesn’t want an owned-and-operated chat app.
From The Verge ● Apr. 19, 2018
It was also adjacent to empty land – valuable land that developers were rapaciously turning into homes for a surging postwar population.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 21, 2018
Their kings were unjust; and rapaciously seizing on inheritances which were not their right, increased the numbers of the poor.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Isaac Disraeli
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
