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Insatiable


Definition:

  • (a.) Not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased; very greedy; as, an insatiable appetite, thirst, or desire.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The insatiable growth of the NHS's demands for cash have never been more graphically illustrated than under the present government.
  • (2) The Black Lives Matter movement is about more than just justice for our deaths – it’s about a depreciation of black life The War Machine has always had an insatiable need for bodies of color from before the birth of this nation.
  • (3) In the meantime, its fortunes rest on the British public's insatiable appetite for reality TV shows – and the timeless televisual appeal of dancing dogs.
  • (4) American Sniper is the latest movie to capitalize on our insatiable hunger for stories about unstoppable commandos.
  • (5) Five witnesses,” said one newspaper report, “described the situation as one of panic and stated Gill was chasing the animal on a motorbike.” The blurb for his self-published, Nine Lives: One Man’s Insatiable Journey Through Love, Life and Near Death, only hints at the suffering this has caused Gill.
  • (6) Nucleic acid precursors are amongst the potentially genotoxic compounds for which platelets have an apparently insatiable appetite.
  • (7) Through his insatiable personal drive, he catalyzed the movement of people and ideas on an international level by organizing numerous postgraduate courses in North America, Europe and Asia, and later Australia and South America.
  • (8) • Tune in at waywordradio.org The Accidental Creative Today's world has an insatiable appetite for new stuff.
  • (9) Photograph: Bloomberg via Getty Images And as more of what used to belong to “us” was sold off and developed by “them”, the hunger for floorplates and square footage and award-winning design and river views became insatiable.
  • (10) Peter Wright QC, prosecuting, described him as the ultimate "ungrateful son" who had an "insatiable thirst for cash".
  • (11) Whether it is Denmark's happiness, its restaurants, or TV dramas; Sweden's gender equality, crime novels and retail giants; Finland's schools; Norway's oil wealth and weird songs about foxes; or Iceland's bounce-back from the financial abyss, we have an insatiable appetite for positive Nordic news stories.
  • (12) That causes a clash between contradictory impulses: unruly urge for freedom and independence on the one hand, and insatiable yearning for harmonic community, that means, for imperturbable warm-hearted human relations on the other.
  • (13) Where most public companies – and all governments – have nowadays little desire for risk, they appear to have an insatiable appetite for it.
  • (14) On one hand, Pulgasari is a cautionary tale about what happens when the people leave their fate in the hands of the monster, a capitalist by dint of his insatiable consumption of iron.
  • (15) The past 10 years have seen an explosion in stories to meet the seemingly insatiable demand for quality drama.
  • (16) It’s the sickness of those who insatiably try to multiply their powers and to do so are capable of calumny, defamation and discrediting others, even in newspapers and magazines, naturally to show themselves as being more capable than others.
  • (17) It is particularly appropriate for an assemblage of protozoologists to pay homage to this intrepid "philosopher in little things," a man with an insatiable curiosity about his wee animalcules, on the tricentenary of his discovery of them, since it was an event of such long-lasting significance.
  • (18) Extended clinical neuropsychological evaluation documented all the characteristic features of the syndrome described by Klüver and Bucy following bilateral ablation of the temporal lobes in adult Rhesus monkeys, including "psychic blindness," oral exploration, hypermetamorphic impulse to action," lack of emotional responsiveness, aberrant sexual behavior, and an insatiable appetite.
  • (19) As his relevance increases so does the insatiable yearning for their source to yield more.
  • (20) It has only provoked an insatiable demand from the public for more "free" services, with the result that the system has become a quagmire of cost overruns and unfulfilled and unrealizable promises.

Maw


Definition:

  • (n.) A gull.
  • (n.) A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing; in birds, the craw; -- now used only of the lower animals, exept humorously or in contempt.
  • (n.) Appetite; inclination.
  • (n.) An old game at cards.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Aung San Suu Kyi will entrust the party in parliament in the hands of other NLD elders, as expected, and assume a role within the cabinet,” said Nyantha Maw Lin, the managing director at political consultancy Vriens & Partners in Yangon.
  • (2) Adherence to the Maximal Allowable Weight (MAW) standards established by regulation can be difficult for many active duty personnel.
  • (3) The one-man freak show that appeals to the anarchist (even in me) will slither into the greasy maw of the US Republican party.
  • (4) Imagine a bald Jimmy Savile painted aquamarine, contorting his mouth into a gaping downturned maw.
  • (5) The postradiation longevity of the MAW rats proved extended as compared to that of the controls.
  • (6) Three anti-Factor-VIII antibodies from hemophiliacs were reacted with samples of batches of Maws commerical bovine and porcine Factor VIII concentrates manufactured over a 12-year period.
  • (7) The results demonstrated the following for the first time: 1) A right medial atrial wall (MAW) extends anteriorly from the interatrial septum, superior to the interventricular septum (IVS).
  • (8) Measurements of blood pressure (BP), cardiac output (CO), mean airway pressure (Maw), peak airway pressure (Paw), and fistula flow (FF) were carried out with the chest closed.
  • (9) The MAW rats showed a greater osmotic stability of erythrocytes, a higher concentration of nucleic acids, and a larger count of leucocytes.
  • (10) Twice a day the experimental weanlings were given MAW and the controls--tap water.
  • (11) Doug Maw, who started a petition against its use, said he was “disgusted” a more suitable alternative had not been sourced.
  • (12) But he made his mark with a magazine series entitled Music Now, dedicated to the contemporary scene and featuring such composers as Peter Maxwell Davies, Nicholas Maw and John Tavener.
  • (13) The properties of proteolytic enzymes produces from calf maws and from an Ascomycete were studied.
  • (14) Doug Maw, who started the petition to remove animal products from bank notes, urged people to contribute to the Bank’s consultation and expressed concern about the possible use of palm oil.
  • (15) 2) An atrial interventricular septum (A-IVS) groove is located between the base of the MAW and the crest of the IVS.
  • (16) The results showed that MAW recorded the lowest values followed by AME, then MDL, then MVC.
  • (17) But to illustrate, were I in that sort of mood today, I'd probably whack out something along the lines of WHAT SORT OF SORRY WORLD DO WE LIVE IN WHEN WE HANG ON EVERY WORD FALLING FROM THE TEDIOUS GAPING MAW OF CHRIS MOYLES?
  • (18) Twelve male and five female subjects underwent the protocol of the four strength testing techniques investigated: isometric maximum voluntary contraction (MVC); maximum acceptable weight (MAW); maximum dynamic lifting (MDL); and acceptable maximum effort (AME).
  • (19) How will it deal with the blood-sucking maw that has replaced Cobbett's Great Wen as metaphor for booming London ?
  • (20) And we’re not caught in the maw of Heathrow.” His comments come only months after Willie Walsh, boss of BA’s parent company IAG, backed Salmond’s campaign for Scottish independence , which raised the prospect of lower aviation taxes.

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