covetous
adjective
inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth or possessions; greedy.
covetously
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a word derived from
covetous.
Example Sentences
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The nearby empire of Austria-Hungary looked covetously upon the Balkans, seeing an opportunity to take over more territory.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
Australia has looked covetously at Britain's Olympic performances, their sporting arch-rivals outshining them with top-five finishes on the medals table at the last three Games.
From Reuters ● Sep. 1, 2016
Carl Robinson will be aware that their final playoff place is currently being looked at covetously by the likes of Portland and LA, and he will want to put a run together quickly.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 27, 2014
Many clubs have looked covetously at both Rémy and M’Vila.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2013
He would peek into the bag every now and then, and he would roll his eyes and swivel his scrawny neck, trying to catch people looking covetously at his bag.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
