Examples of 'covet' in a sentence
Meaning of "covet"
covet (verb) - To desire or wish for something, especially something that belongs to someone else. The term is often associated with a strong feeling of longing or craving for possessions, achievements, or qualities possessed by others
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- To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.
- To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
- To yearn; to have or indulge an inordinate desire, especially for another's possession.
How to use "covet" in a sentence
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Bird covet them shiny little pistols.
I only intend to covet her from afar.
You covet this throne too much.
You should not covet the position.
And covet his billions all day.
Those who all covet from afar.
They covet your lmperial family treasures.
A blessing many covet but few possess.
To covet after any worldly thing is idolatry.
Women do not covet all that much.
We covet this and do not want to lose it.
You must never covet my power again.
You covet what your neighbor has.
Do not unreasonably covet wealth and rank.
Never covet what is not your own.
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There are many who covet our iron.
Do not covet a job out of your league.
You would rather covet from afar.
Do not covet things that are not yours.
You have what all men covet.
We always covet what we can not have.
Boba makes products that parents covet.
Though many covet my bone and bowl.
I covet prayers more than anything else.
And you will covet my green pedal.
To covet something means that we desire to have it.
Sometimes what you covet is impossible to keep.
They covet what was honestly earned by others.
Stalkers are known to covet personal items.
We may covet earnestly this heavenly treasure.
Thou shalt not covet any taco.
Do not covet what you do not possess.
There was nothing here for outsiders to covet.
I will not covet your power anymore.
We all have something or someone that we covet.
We need not covet what belongs to another.
Character you both admire and covet.
You shall covet everything all week long.
There is only one trophy they covet.
Do not covet his future wife.
And this time there is no covet.
We do not covet the lives or goods of any people.
Stephen knows you covet my title.
Do not you covet this family treasure of mine.
Collectors are right to covet his work.
Yet you covet his success.
And also not the marquee client we covet.
Many are those who covet the virtue of gentleness.
I covet this post as much as you do.
Thou shall never covet thy own wife.
