As you know, I led the Conservative Party in England for many years, but that Party was, and still is, avid for power.
"Psycho-Phone Messages"
Francis Grierson
These tungsten buyers who were so avid for its product might purchase an interest in the mine; they might advance the fifty thousand and take it over under the bond and lease, and bring all his plans to naught.
"Shadow Mountain"
Dane Coolidge
Her soul was still seeking, restless, avid, yet evermore discerning, evermore difficult to satisfy.
"Rose of Dutcher's Coolly"
Hamlin Garland