covet
Example Sentences
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To my mind, social media is the problem, enticing everyone to covet conspicuous consumption.
It created something called the Olympiatoppen, an organization whose sole responsibility was overseeing the recruitment and training of Norway’s second most coveted natural resource: Olympic athletes.
Markets are stocked, but prices are out of reach, especially for coveted items like pork, chicken and milk.
From Salon
Ivy League schools have forged close ties to the most coveted private-equity managers on Wall Street.
Alas, “Skydive Plan” doesn’t get them the coveted show.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
