Sentence example with the word 'mercenary'

mercenary

a hog for, bought, devouring, grabby, hired, insatiate, omnivorous, purchasable, slavey, unethical, venal

Definition adj. marked by materialism

Last update: February 18, 2017


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As long as you pay a mercenary, he will do anything you ask.   [noun]

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The company president was a mercenary man who had no problem firing his employees to increase his own salary.   [adjective]

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I've yet to see another mercenary like him.   [Please select]

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"O, I am no mercenary author," answered Lovel, smiling; "I only wish to be out of risk of loss."   [Please select]

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This mercenary violinist, known as a bad man,--shall I think of him in connection with a respectable woman, the mother of a family, MY wife.   [adjective]

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Well then, on that mercenary ground, will you agree to let me hector a little.   [adjective]

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They began to talk; their conversation eased me completely: frivolous, mercenary, heartless, and senseless, it was rather calculated to weary than enrage a listener.   [Please select]

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Come, Mary, tell me the name of this mercenary admirer.   [Please select]

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I am taking a purely mercenary view of the thing.   [Please select]

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The mercenary troops, upon their return from Sicily, revolted, on account of not receiving their pay.   [Please select]

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"I'm getting to be the most mercenary little creature you ever saw," she laughed dolefully.'   [Please select]

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