lust

The court heard how Noah had "a lust for life and learning" and "a thirst for knowledge".

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

One woman, Amanda, unexpectedly bowls him over, and as lust is replaced by love the pair become engaged—much to the horror of her wealthy English parents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Releasing sterilized males involves no pesticides, and also leverages the insect’s biology: Males in lust are adept at finding females.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2026

Most of the unhappy denizens of Dante’s imagined hell are being eternally tormented for specific moral crimes in categories covering lust, gluttony, greed, anger, heresy, violence, fraud and treachery.

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026

In lust of conquest the Kargs sailed next to Gont, coming in a host, thirty great longships, to East Port.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

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

Here we see a novelist who embraced his passions — his lusts, his angers, his resentments, his envies and his jealousies — who, indeed, was largely driven by them.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2021

Does the woman artist feel herself to be interchangeable with the film character, with his lusts and his genius and his rage?

From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2019

"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

Accountability has always been something I’ve lusted after.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2023

But in reality, he lusted after the most upscale version of an RV; a new Prevost Marathon would sell for around a million dollars in 2001.

From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2023

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

The DiAngelos had four cars, including a silver Porsche, that J.T. lusted after.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings

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

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

Teams are always lusting for special athletes who can affect the quarterback, and just about every team picking fifth to 10th could make the case for why Wilson is their guy.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 18, 2023

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 will never stop lusting for a good bite.

From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2020

Yon strives their Leader, lusting to be seen.

From The Unknown Eros by Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore