lust

But their shared lust for adventure created a prickly tension within their family unit, a strain between their passion and parentage that sits at the documentary’s emotional center.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

Generously sized and steered toward realism, the director’s take on Odysseus is epically satisfying, even if it skimps on the character’s ego and lust.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

Celtic have not been a good team this season, but they've shown a lust for battle, an ability to keep playing and winning even when their performances have never risen above the mundane.

From BBC ● May 10, 2026

Ms. Millonzi’s most prominent roles are Roderigo, whose lust for Desdemona turns him into a useful tool in Iago’s hands, and Desdemona’s devoted maid and Iago’s wife, Emilia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

On the surface of it, Poppea is about lust and ambition conquering all, with poor old virtue, decency and good governance being jettisoned in the process.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

She loathes the former and lusts after the latter, and her heightened emotions and cabaret dreams swell to a magnificent, hysterical crescendo unlike Broadway has ever seen.

From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2025

Seniesa learns from a loss and lusts for revenge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2023

Some of them involve a comically angry Devil who lusts after Cuphead’s soul; others revolve around the Betty Boop-like Miss Chalice or the torch-singing sea monster Cala Maria, who provides Dietrich-accented Hollywood glamour.

From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2022

The wine industry lusts after millennials, as baby boomers, its core customer base, age into retirement.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2022

What if their lusts for war and glory and power are mine too and I just don't know it?

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

In suggesting the price was a smidge too high, the streamer tells us it never really lusted after Warner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

And while I’ve long lusted over hand-built fountains and elaborate ponds, I’m a klutz when it comes to building things from scratch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2024

And the advantage won’t just go to Bellevue but to every city that has lusted for Seattle’s treasures.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 19, 2021

Scientists and doctors have long lusted after the regenerative powers of flatworms — not precisely with the goal of growing new heads, but of healing spinal cord damage and other serious injuries.

From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2020

For clearly their thirst for gold was insatiable; they starved for it; they lusted for it; they wanted to stuff themselves with it as if they were pigs.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

It’s that for various reasons, a lot of Americans are lusting after proof that America is good.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

Maybe if people understand how thoroughly an early history of trauma can rewire a brain, they’ll stop lusting for harsh punishments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2023

Currently, I've got the "spice" colored pan, but I find myself lusting after the new "acid" green pan to herald in spring.

From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2022

On the field, the players will be as fervent as they ever were, lusting for success, trying on stardom but still young and rehearsing for adulthood.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2021

"That you are simply lusting to be on the warpath," I laughed.

From The Master Detective Being Some Further Investigations of Christopher Quarles by Percy James Brebner