lust
noun
intense sexual desire or appetite.
are lusting
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present progressiveof lust.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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It’s that for various reasons, a lot of Americans are lusting after proof that America is good.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
France plays host to next year's Rugby World Cup, and having twice clinched the age-grade version, Les Bleus are lusting to win the real thing.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2022
In 1997, Disney put trays of food in the women’s hands so that it looked like the pirates are lusting after the food instead of the fleeing women in their flowing gowns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2017
But I do not assume that those who disagree are lusting for another war.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 9, 2015
But these foes, if they be men, are lusting after our fair Dale to eat it up, and it is most like that they are gathering a huge host to fall upon us at home.
From The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale by William Morris
