Example Sentences

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But Fernandes is not one for coveting individual awards.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

It was expensive, but worth every penny — a beautiful, abstract rendering of the film’s themes, displayed in a bewitching graphic style I couldn’t get out of my mind after coveting the poster online.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

Now he is vying for votes in a military-managed poll starting on Sunday, coveting the former seat of the country's best known political prisoner -- Aung San Suu Kyi.

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

I’ve also been coveting these very chic joints from Studio Nicholson.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2025

A “horizontal desire,” coveting a neighbor’s goods, has been replaced by a “vertical desire,” coveting the goods of the rich and the powerful seen on television, Schor said.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times