How to Use gluttonous in a Sentence

gluttonous

adjective
  • As noted above, that means two servers rather than one at the gluttonous feast.
    Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2018
  • The only way the LeFevres maintain their gluttonous lifestyle is to try and not have one at all.
    Connor Grossman, SI.com, 14 July 2017
  • Choose the most beautiful, gluttonous ones to feast on.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The sub-style sandos are huge, so a small will suffice for all but the most gluttonous diners.
    Nevin Martell, chicagotribune.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Then came the ranch dressing keg, for use at your next gluttonous frat party.
    Matthew Martinez, star-telegram, 10 Mar. 2018
  • What ensued was one of the most gluttonous team dinners in the history of sport.
    Tim Rohan, SI.com, 12 June 2018
  • The gluttonous can binge-watch the results, which were created by the slothful.
    John Anderson, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2021
  • In some places, 80% to 90% have been eaten by these gluttonous predators.
    Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 8 Aug. 2019
  • She should be cheered for standing up to Goodell’s gluttonous goons.
    Carl Steward, The Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2017
  • First came the ranch dressing fountain, for use at your next gluttonous dinner soiree.
    Matthew Martinez, star-telegram, 10 Mar. 2018
  • If your gluttonous best friend plows through food too fast, a slow-feed option can portion out the meal over 15 minutes.
    Sal Vaglica, WSJ, 21 July 2021
  • To be fair, China’s 1.4bn people are being asked to show a self-restraint unknown in the gluttonous West.
    The Economist, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Easier for a gluttonous camel to pass through the narrow eye of a micro-needle.
    Edward Siedle, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
  • In the 19th century, religious reformers railed against the gluttonous binge of the meal.
    Adrienne Bitar, Time, 28 Nov. 2019
  • There are those for whom the Olympics are the last thing on their mind, who see the mere discussion of how to proceed with them a useless and, frankly, gluttonous exercise.
    Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2020
  • Grab some bicarb; here are the five most gluttonous concoctions clogging an artery near you.
    Jon Tayler, SI.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • The Pebble Mine is a gluttonous and massive project that has been the bane of environmentalists for over a decade.
    Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 12 May 2017
  • Showcase both with this six-by-eight-foot lawn inflatable of the galactic crime lord and gluttonous slug.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 4 May 2021
  • And gluttonous rat maidens may happily nosh on the pups themselves.
    Dina Litovsky, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2021
  • The entire experience was just short of gluttonous and the standout dish was a single, humble beet.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2018
  • One shopper with a gluttonous cat who tends to eat too fast and get sick on the floor left a five-star review after using the carpet cleaner on their area rugs.
    Gabriela Izquierdo, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Prices were higher, but so many people took advantage of the deal—and some to a gluttonous extreme—that earnings tumbled.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 21 Feb. 2024
  • His early entries that year are filled with blithe, gluttonous descriptions of food, plays and women.
    The Economist, 23 May 2020
  • Lenape land grieves the nature of our gluttonous humanity.
    Mahogany L. Browne, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The term steakhouse carries with it all kinds of gluttonous connotations.
    Alyson Sheppard, Robb Report, 8 July 2021
  • The word pique-nique first appeared in a bawdy 17th-century French poem that featured a gluttonous character called Pique-Nique.
    Claire Turrell, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May 2023
  • Grayson Perry’s show last year was corpulent, even gluttonous.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 13 July 2019
  • But pasta is not all about excess and gluttonous hedonism.
    Erin Booke, Dallas News, 7 Jan. 2020
  • Local news reporters interviewed people who had lined up to try the gluttonous discs in franchise parking lots.
    Emily Heil, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Or just order room service from onsite Italian eatery Fontana, where the gluttonous Sunday brunch is the stuff of Miami legend.
    Baz Dreisinger, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021

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