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How to use insatiable in a sentence

21 example sentences · adjective, noun

Insatiable means not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased; very greedy. Example: “Guestling, who adds an insatiable jealousy to his other domestic virtues, vetoed the new acquaintance and thenceforward the two met hurriedly and furtively in town.”

Examples of insatiable by meaning

adjectiveNot satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased; very greedy.

  • Guestling, who adds an insatiable jealousy to his other domestic virtues, vetoed the new acquaintance and thenceforward the two met hurriedly and furtively in town.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards...
  • The girls are constantly reshuffled into new permutations in order to feed the J-pop market's insatiable demand for fresh looks and faces.2005 August 21, Chris Campion, “J-Pop's dream factory”, in The Observer, →ISSN, archived from the original on 11 Apr 2021

More sentences with insatiable

  • Will the seemingly insatiable demand for the product ever level out?2016 October 24, Owen Gibson, “Is the unthinkable happening – are people finally switching the football off”, in The Guardian, London. From the entry level out
  • There are literally thousands of sites catering to the insatiable appetite for Palinisms.2008 November 13, “Thus spake Sarah Palin”, in Daily News and Analysis, India, retrieved 20 Aug 2010. From the entry Palinism
  • I was a typical PK (preacher's kid), full of mischief, full of life and insatiable curiosity.1998, Dr. H. Beecher Hicks, Jr., My Soul's Been Anchored: A Preacher's Heritage in the Faith. From the entry pk
  • In him the arousal of our desire, and in him his rest, in an insatiable satiatedness.1993, David A. Boileau, John A. Dick, Tradition and Renewal: Philosophical Essays Commemorating the Centennial of Louvain's Institute of…. From the entry satiatedness
  • These two new books are designed to stoke the insatiable appetite of ursophiles.1993, Canadian Geographic, page 6, column 1. From the entry ursophile
  • THE insatiable appetite for Sherlock Holmesiana is being delightfully fed by author M.1986 May 10, PC, “Feckless flatfoot”, in Evening Telegraph, page six. From the entry Sherlock Holmesiana
  • An insatiable traveller, he wrote picaresquely of strange places and stranger men.1969, Eric Partridge, Journey to the Edge of Morning, page 15. From the entry picaresquely
  • "A love affair is an insatiable curiosity over an inscrutable enigma."1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 175. From the entry love affair
  • This was a bubble, a mass delusion among operators convinced that Britain’s appetite for samey chain restaurants was insatiable.2019 May 23, Tony Naylor, “No wonder Jamie’s went bust: Brits have lost their appetite for samey chains”, in The Guardian, archived from…. From the entry samey
  • And so these spirits are in constant search for vessels to occupy, and insatiable in their pursuit of corporeality.2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 9. From the entry corporeality
  • Insatiable consumerism has blinkered our vision and left us unable to distinguish between what we need and what we merely want.2015 June 28, Paul Vallely, “The Pope's Ecological Vow”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2021. From the entry consumerism
  • So what's behind that insatiable sweet or salty tooth?2015 October 19, Macaela MacKenzie, “Why Some People Have a Sweet Tooth and Others Crave Salty Foods”, in Women's Health. From the entry salty tooth
  • She will always seek the man—one after another—and so Perlimplín has married an archetypal “cuckoldress” with an insatiable thirst.2014, Rupert C Allen, Psyche and Symbol in the Theater of Federico Garcia Lorca. From the entry cuckoldress
  • TV crews and reporters were soon scurrying frantically to satisfy the medium’s insatiable appetite for novelty, sometimes achieving massive inanity instead.1972 March 6, “China Coverage: Sweet and Sour”, in Time. From the entry banquet
  • Human wants are insatiable, and American wants are supercolossally insatiable.1954, Midwest Shipper's Advisory Board, Proceedings, page 20. From the entry supercolossally
  • He has an insatiable appetite for newspaper notice.1928 August 28, Frank R. Kent, “The Great Game Of Politics”, in Baltimore Sun, page 1. From the entry publicity hound
  • To the evilists he is cold, pitiless, and insatiable.1910, Thomas Dreier, Heroes of Insurgency, page 82. From the entry evilist
  • "Given that I have this insatiable need to become famous on TV, at least I can do it by taking out the worst people."2026 August 11, deebee1020, “There's been a lot of discourse online about the upcoming Primetime movie and the history and effectiveness…. From the entry dexter
  • Their need for attention is insatiable.2024, Eric Schlich, Eli Harpo's Adventure to the Afterlife. From the entry rainbow unicorns

Meaning of insatiable

  1. adjective Not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased; very greedy.
  2. noun One who or that which cannot be satiated.

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Questions about insatiable in a sentence

How do you use insatiable in a sentence?
Insatiable is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “Guestling, who adds an insatiable jealousy to his other domestic virtues, vetoed the new acquaintance and thenceforward the two met hurriedly and furtively in town.”
What is a short sentence with insatiable?
“Their need for attention is insatiable.”
What does insatiable mean?
Insatiable means not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased; very greedy.

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