covets
- present tense form of covet (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Greenland does not need medical assistance from other countries, Denmark's defence minister said Sunday, after US President Donald Trump claimed he was sending a hospital ship to the autonomous Danish territory that he covets.
From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026
Or, according to an erratic transactional logic in which force would no longer serve freedom but replace it, an allied nation: Denmark, whose Greenland he covets?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026
And that vigilance, says Mr Murphy, now director of veterans and families at the Forces Employment Charity, is precisely the sort of instinct the cybersecurity industry covets.
From BBC • May 22, 2025
Even worse, the vampire covets the solicitor’s wife, and he’ll be moving into the old manse across the street from the couple.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024
She sighs like I'm bothering her and it's an imposition for her to tell me, but I know she covets the attention.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
