covet
verb (used with object)
to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others.
will covet
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future tenseof covet.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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A nonviolent soldier of freedom will covet nothing for himself; he fights only for the freedom of his country.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
Any student of early photography — or of the international exposition housed in the famous Crystal Palace in London — will covet this magisterial work of careful scholarship and beautiful bookmaking.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2018
And Mr. Donahue of Morgan Stanley added, “Investors, no matter how crowded the calendar is, will covet demonstrable growth stories.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2015
The deep air will covet heat, making the moon much like a cloudy Florida.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2014
Fill us with thy glorious power, Rooting out the seeds of sin: Nothing more can we require, We will covet nothing less; Be thou all our heart's desire, Be our heaven--in holiness.
From Hymns for Christian Devotion Especially Adapted to the Universalist Denomination by E. H. (Edwin Hubbell) Chapin
