lusts
- present tense form of lust (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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The half-crazed King, magnificently sung by the ever-disruptive Timur, lusts after Salome by speaking and singing at different speeds he selects on a metronome, as he entices her to type for him.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
She loathes the former and lusts after the latter, and her heightened emotions and cabaret dreams swell to a magnificent, hysterical crescendo unlike Broadway has ever seen.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2025
In “The Laughter,” an aging, white English professor lusts after his younger, Pakistani colleague.
From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2023
The wine industry lusts after millennials, as baby boomers, its core customer base, age into retirement.
From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2022
What if their lusts for war and glory and power are mine too and I just don't know it?
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
