covet

The sheer utility of the design now struck me as elegant, and I began to covet them, before finally acquiring a Rivendell Platypus.

The U.S. needs influence with credible actors on the ground more than those groups covet small bits of U.S. assistance.

Mothers-to-be covet it like a Birkin bag, and celebrity moms are known to splurge on it.

The label has gained an especially impressive footing in markets that covet its strong American appeal.

I ask if he thinks Christie should run for president, an office that McGreevey himself was once widely assumed to covet.

They are not merely trying to stir up desire—to covet, to shop, to consume.

And latterly eyes had been turned to Vienna, where dwelt Prince Alix, who was known to covet the throne.

The art of breaking the tenth commandment—thou shalt not covet they neighbor's wife—has reached its highest perfection in France.

The next thought was the impression that, no matter how many might covet it, it was exhaustless, and would last forever.

Unpleasant and monotonous things, which we claim make our own work unbearable, we ignore in occupations which we covet or admire.

We covet superfluous things, when it were more honour for us if we would contemn necessary.