Example Sentences

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I also bought the Baracuta G9 Harrington jacket I had lusted after since my teens but could never squeeze myself into without looking like a burst sausage.

From The Guardian • May 15, 2019

It was no secret that since he was a boy, my dad had lusted after cars, and the pinnacle of his obsession would have been to own one.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

I sat down and delivered myself of it to my companions, who also had lusted after the flesh-pots.

From The River and I by Neihardt, John G.

It was the life he had lusted for, and the mere physical spaciousness of his new outlook was a delight.

From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Springer, Norman

It seemed fair—the property for which he had lusted so mercilessly left for the woman with whom he had lived so dully, left as the ransom to be paid for his liberty.

From Dust by Haldeman-Julius, Marcet