covet
Example Sentences
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But Guardiola has often seemed to covet the Champions League above all else and there will likely be frustration that the competition has brought him more anguish than joy in the past 10 years.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
The temperature was cool most of the year, without frost or heat, an environment that allows grapes to grow in abundance—and slowly develop the concentrated flavors that wine drinkers covet.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025
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
“You are hardly the first student to covet the diadem,” she said disdainfully.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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