- present participle of lust.
lusting
Example Sentences
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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
Penn Badgley would like you to stop lusting after his murderous character in ‘You’
From Washington Post ● Apr. 18, 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
There are a more select handful who have now become potentially good friends through various kinds of conversation—online and IRL—whom I’m not sure I am really capable of lusting after.
From Slate ● Nov. 22, 2019
Germany, free from the canker of self— Free from the lusting for prestige and power; Purged of her passion for place and for pelf— Shall she not rise to great heights in that hour?
From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various
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