Example Sentences

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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

The deal, which was first reported by ESPN, gives the Dodgers the right-handed hitting outfielder they had coveted to complete their offseason.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2024

A Sonics title would mean big-league triumph the city had coveted for decades.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2023

To make the private case, in a public fashion, that this thing he had coveted for so long didn’t mean too much to him.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 10, 2018

When he was younger, Toby had coveted the expensive basketball shoes everybody else wore.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss