covet
verb (used with object)
to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others.
has coveted
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present perfectof covet (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The company also said Wilson is trying to “regain increased influence over the company that he has coveted since he left.”
From MarketWatch ● May 18, 2026
But there is a sense of inevitability that this 69-year-old comeback kid might be on the cusp of clinching the job he has coveted for so long.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2025
The Lakers finally landed wing Dorian Finney-Smith, a “three-and-D” player the team has coveted for more than a season, by sending out D’Angelo Russell, Maxwell Lewis and three second-round picks to the Brooklyn Nets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2024
Real Madrid has coveted Mbappe for a number of years and in 2021 unsuccessfully launched a bid of $190 million to take him to the Bernabeu.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
He felt like a schoolboy who has coveted and caught some pretty wild animal for a pet, yet cannot succeed in making it fond of him.
From Bluebell A Novel by Mrs. George Croft Huddleston
