lust
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If you haven’t been following the controversy, Wilson felt that Nolan had flattened the saga by mostly erasing the Greek gods and Odysseus’ wit, lust and thorny contradictions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 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
In “The Laughter,” an aging, white English professor lusts after his younger, Pakistani colleague.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
The wine industry lusts after millennials, as baby boomers, its core customer base, age into retirement.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2022
"My father is the soul of avarice, and my sweet sister Cersei lusts for power with every waking breath. I, however, am innocent as a little lamb. Shall I bleat for you?"
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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
“Or a collector brings in a body of work that you lusted after for many years.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
I’d also lusted after a campy toy that they and Santa Claus had denied me: a hairdresser styling kit with a mannequin doll head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2023
The casino industry has long lusted after New York City, with its estimated 8.5 million residents and global appeal as a tourist destination.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2022
It was no secret that since he was a boy, my dad had lusted after cars, and the pinnacle of his obsession would have been to own one.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
It’s that for various reasons, a lot of Americans are lusting after proof that America is good.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
That it was a happy accident hasn’t stopped others in the industry from lusting after the recipe, of course.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
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
From Elon Musk to Richard Branson, the wealthiest man on Earth follows a long line of exorbitantly wealthy men lusting for space travel.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2021
"I have never had the modern madness of lusting for gold; that is all," he told her.
From Daughter of the Sun A Tale of Adventure by Gregory, Jackson
