lust
noun
intense sexual desire or appetite.
Example Sentences
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In suggesting the price was a smidge too high, the streamer tells us it never really lusted after Warner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
Accountability has always been something I’ve lusted after.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
But in reality, he lusted after the most upscale version of an RV; a new Prevost Marathon would sell for around a million dollars in 2001.
From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2023
And the advantage won’t just go to Bellevue but to every city that has lusted for Seattle’s treasures.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 19, 2021
As I went along I found that more and more people lusted toward Florida and that thousands had moved there and more thousands wanted to and would.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
