How to Use gluttony in a Sentence

gluttony

noun

• On social media and blogs, influencers swipe at American gluttony and extol the virtues of a life with less carbon and clutter than the standard two-car suburb.
  — Conor Dougherty, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2024
• The Judeo-Christian scriptures warn us to avoid gluttony and sloth.
  — Mark Antonio Wright, National Review, 17 Apr. 2021
• Now, on to the glorious gluttony that has marked this day across the centuries.
  — The Editors, Field & Stream, 23 Nov. 2023
• For those a bit rusty, those sins would be: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride.
  — Eric J. Lyman, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2019
• Riffs on gluttony, pride and sloth would have wide windows in a disused space two blocks away.
  — New York Times, 23 June 2021
• Even gluttony can be spun as anodyne, a form of self-care.
  — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2019
• Detroit's fall, as gluttony gave way to sloth in the '70s and '80s, plays heavily in any discussion of the worst cars of all time.
  — Eric Tingwall, Car and Driver, 6 July 2020
• At Armory, there was a feeling of gluttony, of too-muchness.
  — Brian P. Kelly, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022
• Mize, Manning – can pitch, but the problem is, there’s not like a gluttony of higher-end ceiling type arms.
  — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 18 Aug. 2019
• Wave envy, travel lust and gourmet gluttony were proud sins of my slothful youth.
  — Jim Kempton, Orange County Register, 2 Aug. 2019
• The sin in this case is gluttony, but the character’s voracious appetite isn’t for food.
  — Christine Dolen, sun-sentinel.com, 25 Nov. 2020
• Though a host of sins can be credited with Las Vegas earning its nickname, gluttony might not be the first that comes to mind.
  — Melissa Yeager, azcentral, 7 June 2019
• Were the jokes too predictable, after the nth iteration of gluttony, Garfield’s disdain for the dog Odie and his fear of spiders?
  — Vanessa Hua, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2018
• In today’s age of content gluttony, that in itself was an achievement.
  — Smriti Mundhra, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2023
• Super Bowl Sunday has become known as a day for football and gluttony.
  — Stephanie Toone, ajc, 29 Jan. 2021
• Each cone represents one of the seven deadly sins: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride.
  — Fabiola Sánchez, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Dec. 2023
• Millennials and Gen Z are rebelling against — or not yet able to afford — the gluttony of their boomer parents.
  — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023
• The human brain is also unique in its unsurpassed gluttony.
  — Quanta Magazine, 10 Nov. 2015
• The tradition has faded, replaced by greed and gluttony.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2021
• The gripes of the basketball world about the Warriors’ gluttony of talent seemed validated as Durant ripped off 16 straight in the third quarter.
  — Marcus Thompson Ii, The Mercury News, 20 May 2017
• His lust is gluttony, and Return of the Jedi is weird enough to score his slothful malevolence to a musical number.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 6 Nov. 2019
• Sensory gluttony that yields dense nourishment for the mind.
  — Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023
• Swap Out Blankets and Pillows If summer is about easy glamour, fall is about wholesome gluttony.
  — Ariel Okin, Vogue, 30 Sep. 2017
• But the art which resists the slow sap of a chronic disease—which repairs frames enervated by lust, swollen by gluttony, or inflamed by wine . .
  — Chris Pope, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2019
• For traveling families, Las Vegas is so much more than a place for gambling and gluttony.
  — Debra Kamin, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2022
• The prince regent disappointed the Whigs, and by the time of his death the youthful liberal prince had become an aged reactionary king, sunk in a haze of gluttony, brandy, and laudanum.
  — Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New York Review of Books, 28 May 2020
• Thanksgiving is a day of gluttony, but somehow everyone at the table manages to stop themselves from gorging on the turkey and sides just enough to leave room for dessert.
  — Samantha Nelson, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2019
• The 1-8 Wildcats (now 1-9), after all, were not seated at the table, but on it, the Utes due to play the dual role of chef and gastronome, roasting and Hoovering the Wildcats in a manner that suggested gluttony.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Nov. 2021
• Everyone has their own personal Little Donkey — a place to let loose, maybe overdo it a little bit, and enjoy a sense of gluttony.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 20 May 2021
• With Thanksgiving quickly approaching and all the gluttony and consumerism associated with it, now is the time to hit the pause button.
  — Southern Living, 14 Nov. 2017

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024