gluttony
noun
glut·tony
ˈglə-tə-nē 
ˈglət-nē
plural gluttonies
1
: excess in eating or drinking
2
: greedy or excessive indulgence
accused the nation of energy gluttony
Examples of gluttony in a Sentence
the view that gluttony is a serious failure in self-discipline
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Chris Williams, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
An unrepentant maximalist whose genre movies are defined by the mad gluttony of someone born to leave it all on screen, Indonesian filmmaker Timo Tjahjanto is nothing if not easy to root for.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2024
And, after all, the nuclear exchange from which Fallout derives its name was started after a century of American gluttony and excess turned into war over the sparse resources that remained.
—Jack King, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
On the surface, the story of Red Lobster’s bankruptcy is about one of the seven deadly sins: gluttony.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
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“Gluttony.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gluttony. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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gluttony
noun
glut·tony
ˈglət-nē
-ᵊn-ē
plural gluttonies
: the act or habit of eating or drinking too much
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