covet

Example Sentences

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To my mind, social media is the problem, enticing everyone to covet conspicuous consumption.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

Someone who, perhaps, did not covet the presidency as much as he did.

From Slate • Oct. 10, 2025

The peaches my neighbors and I covet this time of year come from about three and a half hours north, in Chilton County — the peach capital of Alabama.

From Salon • Jul. 9, 2025

Still, the question is: Would Canada and Iceland want to take on the task of providing the social benefits that Greenlanders covet?

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2025

He continued to gaze at the picture: the longer he looked, the firmer he held it, the more he seemed to covet it.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë