- present participle of covet.
coveting
Example Sentences
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But Fernandes is not one for coveting individual awards.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
It was expensive, but worth every penny — a beautiful, abstract rendering of the film’s themes, displayed in a bewitching graphic style I couldn’t get out of my mind after coveting the poster online.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2026
Now he is vying for votes in a military-managed poll starting on Sunday, coveting the former seat of the country's best known political prisoner -- Aung San Suu Kyi.
From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025
She attended the Met Gala — an invitation some people spend years coveting — and now sits front row at the fashion shows, performing at after-parties on hotel bars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2023
They looked a long time in Lee’s window coveting the pliers, the hack saws, the engineers’ caps and the bananas.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
