COVET in a Sentence
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30 example sentences for COVET, such as:
1. Poor and liberal, rich and covetous.
2. I, too, covet that, but not as a necklace.
3. These old stamps are eagerly coveted by collectors.
4. A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself.
5. She always coveted power but never quite achieved it.
2. I, too, covet that, but not as a necklace.
3. These old stamps are eagerly coveted by collectors.
4. A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself.
5. She always coveted power but never quite achieved it.
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Meanings and Examples of COVET
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covet
v. wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person)
Classic Sentence: (23 in 2 pages)
1 I, too, covet that, but not as a necklace.
2 Nothing ever rode the Gytrash: it was always alone; and goblins, to my notions, though they might tenant the dumb carcasses of beasts, could scarce covet shelter in the commonplace human form.
3 He continued to gaze at the picture: the longer he looked, the firmer he held it, the more he seemed to covet it.
4 "We follow none, we covet nothing," answered Cora.
5 I covet no man's soul, nor is my soul theirs to covet.
6 Tom presently wondered to find that his coveted vacation was beginning to hang a little heavily on his hands.
7 As for the ladies, it is needless to say that while they coveted the millions, they thought they did not need them for themselves, as they were beautiful enough without them.
8 What I have always wished for, desired, and coveted, is the life of an artist, free and independent, relying only on my own resources, and accountable only to myself.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 97. The Departure for Belgium.
Context Highlight In Chapter 97. The Departure for Belgium.
9 And, best of all, Will had told her that after the cotton came in in the fall, she need send no more money--unless some other Carpetbagger coveted Tara and skyrocketed the taxes.
10 There had come to Scully a proposition to nominate a certain rich brewer who lived upon a swell boulevard that skirted the district, and who coveted the big badge and the "honorable" of an alderman.
11 The woman, more in terror than through love of the ornament, wrapped her child in the coveted article, and folded both more closely to her bosom.
12 Sallie was very kind, and often offered her the coveted trifles, but Meg declined them, knowing that John wouldn't like it, and then this foolish little woman went and did what John disliked even worse.
13 She valued his esteem, she coveted his respect, she wanted to be worthy of his friendship, and just when the wish was sincerest, she came near to losing everything.
14 Stepan Arkadyevitch was familiar by now with the title of the post he coveted, and he brought it out rapidly without mistake.
15 It seemed to her that that thin and yellow little man must be an object coveted by all.
Example Sentence:
1 He had discovered a great law of human action, namely, that in order to make men or boys covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.
2 He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it -- namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.
3 These old stamps are eagerly coveted by collectors.
4 She always coveted power but never quite achieved it.
5 Usually there are studio films here, even out of competition for the coveted Golden Lion, to give it some glitz.
6 A covetous man is good to none but worse to himself.
7 Poor and liberal, rich and covetous.