Example Sentences

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Those victories set Europe on their way to the fast start they had craved and to the strongest position they have held on American soil in a generation.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2025

The band offered the freedom she had craved.

From The Guardian • Feb. 14, 2020

But it was Margaret Sanger, the famous and, in some circles, scandalous founder of Planned Parenthood, who provided the sense of direction Mrs. May had craved.

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2019

In 2008, Bourdin told a New Yorker magazine journalist that he had craved attention at the time of his fraudulent act.

From Fox News • Apr. 5, 2019

Until that moment, some part of me had wanted the Feds to come, had craved the adventure.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover