coveting

Example Sentences

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But Fernandes is not one for coveting individual awards.

From BBC • May 8, 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

A universal issue for so many people is coveting what they don't have or imagining that what someone else has, it would be a happier existence.

From Salon • May 9, 2023

Today, those coveting a lavish workout experience may do everything short of getting on their knees and begging to be accepted into application-only gyms.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2023

A “horizontal desire,” coveting a neighbor’s goods, has been replaced by a “vertical desire,” coveting the goods of the rich and the powerful seen on television, Schor said.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times