lust
noun
intense sexual desire or appetite.
lusts
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present tense formof lust (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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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
Seniesa learns from a loss and lusts for revenge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
Domingo spent decades enacting the full spectrum of what is now called toxic masculinity, men blind to their own lusts and rages.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2020
From end to end, it’s an album of love songs: love progressing through childhood crushes, adult lusts, parental nurturing and benedictions for unknown descendants.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2018
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
