Example Sentences

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She’s an expert in performance science, precisely the expert teams are coveting.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2022

On the same CBS broadcast, reporter Elizabeth Kaledin reported that “people are coveting prescriptions. Politicians exposed in the latest attack are exalting it by name.”

From Slate • May 1, 2021

"Come, Barrois," said the young girl, "take some of this lemonade; I see you are coveting a good draught of it."

From The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas père, Alexandre

You do not know the fate that you are coveting.

From When the Birds Begin to Sing by Piffard, Harold