Which preposition to use with greedy

of Occurrences 79%

Faces, pasty as her own, lined up alongside, greedy of the morsel about to fall.

for Occurrences 27%

They were alike in temperament; rash, strong-willed, and greedy for all that gave life a thrill.

after Occurrences 9%

It fortunéd, out of the thickest wood A ramping lyon rushéd suddeinly, Hunting full greedy after salvage blood: Soone as the royall

as Occurrences 6%

"Nobody else I know is so greedy as he."

in Occurrences 4%

And he was thenceforth observed to be more forward and greedy in his exactions upon the citizens [l].

about Occurrences 4%

For instance there are the rusty Heavy-weights, and then there are the fellows who are greedy about Tariff.

than Occurrences 2%

But who suspected that they were gems, of which Scotland, fifty years afterwards, would be prouder and more greedy than of all the second- hand French culture which seemed to her then the highest earthly attainment?

like Occurrences 1%

To the people of Douai he was not a scientific genius wrestling with Nature for her hidden mysteries, but a wicked old spendthrift, greedy like a miser for the Philosopher's Stone.

from Occurrences 1%

Nigger, (nigger greedy from time,) when him find one box heavy, him take it, and buckra take t'other; when dem open de box, buckra see pen, ink, and paper; nigger box full up with hoe and bill, and hoe and bill for nigger till this day.

by Occurrences 1%

This is gathered to be fed to them, for if they have access to the place where it is growing they will destroy the plant by trampling on it, or else kill themselves by eating too much of it, for they are greedy by nature.

Which preposition to use with  greedy