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[ UK /ɡlˈʌtən/ ]
NOUN
  1. musteline mammal of northern Eurasia
  2. a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess

How To Use glutton In A Sentence

  • I thought gluttons were supposed to enjoy themselves.
  • I think that most of us would rather be called lynx-eyed than gluttonous, and certainly a lynx is a much handsomer beast than a glutton. Peeps at Many Lands: Norway
  • The simplest explanation is that such people are "gluttons"; and the most romantic explanation is that there is some psychiatric reason making it necessary for them to overeat. The Human Brain
  • And while the word gluttony evolved from a Latin root that means “to gulp,” that definition doesn’t really illustrate this particular pattern of evil thought accurately or thoroughly. The SOURCE of MIRACLES
  • That scene is a remarkable illustration of his society's greed and gluttony.
  • It is the currency that bought infrastructural investment and a high standard of living, and the curse that attracted the gluttonous attention of the most powerful countries in the world.
  • The proper response to the globalization of greed and gluttony, and to the rise of violence in this world, is solidarity, which must manifest itself in practical actions, not just rhetorical flourishes.
  • However, while there are differences in ogrish cultures, especially those before and after the collapse of the last ogre empire and the historical decline of their race, all ogres exhibit anger, vanity, avarice, lust, and gluttony. Dragons of a Vanished Moon
  • The only issue I've encountered is that the bread stales fast, and I'm never able to eat the whole loaf quickly enough (unless I am being particularly gluttonous). Is That Legal?: March 2008 Archives
  • If you become less gluttonous, less greedy, less myopic, more savvy about the world in general, they don't win; you win.
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