lust

“Citizen Kane” posited that all media moguls are driven by a lust for power that stems from an irreparable brokenness.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 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

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

Grief ran after it with such lust that he smashed into a cupboard.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

We only know them through the prism of men: Jane lusts after Yoga Dude, Coco rages at Roger, Sophie is bullied by her boss.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

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

When, in Das Kapital, Marx speaks of the hoarding of commodities, he notes that the hoarder “sacrifices the lusts of the flesh to his gold fetish” and adopts “the gospel of renunciation”.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 17, 2020

Domingo spent decades enacting the full spectrum of what is now called toxic masculinity, men blind to their own lusts and rages.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2020

"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

It’s why, for years, I lusted over the Omega Speedmaster Professional — famously the first watch to go to the moon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

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

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

“Tell me true,” Ser Barristan said, “did you ever love her, even a little? Or was it just the crown you lusted for?”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

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

I will never stop lusting for a good bite.

From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2020

We’re so saturated with sports — and lusting for more — that if my old mutt Mac could learn to juggle two dog biscuits, he would have his own channel.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2020

Alone in this isolation, pitted against shrewd-witted men lusting for his downfall, what chance had he?

From The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure by Gerald Breckenridge