"Sure," Charlie said, and he sounded greedy.

Oh, Katie, I didn't mean to sound so greedy.

They didn't sound wacko or greedy and two tips from a small place like that is interesting.

"Without wanting to sound greedy, what I would like for my immediate future would be to maintain my current standard of living."

Either option begins to sound greedy (unless one thinks that money is the only important thing, which is a weird position to hold in the Guardian).

I don't like to sound greedy, but I could sure use the money.

"You sound greedy," I said.

At the risk of sounding greedy, my metal signors, what else can you offer me?

(When negotiating the contract the McDonald brothers said that 2% sounded greedy; 1.9% was more attractive.)

He sounded almost greedy!