covet
verb (used with object)
to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others.
had coveted
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past perfectof covet.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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That turned into a gusher eight years later, when Whitney Houston covered “I Will Always Love You,” the very song Elvis had coveted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
Wes Streeting was in Parliament with his closest advisers mulling whether he should quit the cabinet job as health secretary that he had coveted for years.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
My mind goes straight to a set I had coveted for years: Izabel Lam’s Sphere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025
A Sonics title would mean big-league triumph the city had coveted for decades.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2023
There was chatter that Whitehorn’s widow, Hattie, had coveted her husband’s money, chatter that she’d been jealous of his relationship with another woman.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
