lust
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Ian Dench, Derry's bandmate, said: "I can't think of anyone who embodied lust for life like Derry did. I mean, he was beautiful inside out."
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
“Citizen Kane” posited that all media moguls are driven by a lust for power that stems from an irreparable brokenness.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Unlike Dorothy, Gail’s lust for life proves too big for her small town.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Macclesfield described McLeod as having a "lust for life" and an "unwavering work ethic", which was an inspiration to those around him.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025
Grief ran after it with such lust that he smashed into a cupboard.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
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
But the part itself is madness: a clash of motivations, lusts, self-doubt and ambitions.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2023
Seniesa learns from a loss and lusts for revenge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 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
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
“Or a collector brings in a body of work that you lusted after for many years.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
I’d also lusted after a campy toy that they and Santa Claus had denied me: a hairdresser styling kit with a mannequin doll head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2023
Scientists and doctors have long lusted after the regenerative powers of flatworms — not precisely with the goal of growing new heads, but of healing spinal cord damage and other serious injuries.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2020
It was no secret that since he was a boy, my dad had lusted after cars, and the pinnacle of his obsession would have been to own one.
From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez
It’s that for various reasons, a lot of Americans are lusting after proof that America is good.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
That it was a happy accident hasn’t stopped others in the industry from lusting after the recipe, of course.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
From Elon Musk to Richard Branson, the wealthiest man on Earth follows a long line of exorbitantly wealthy men lusting for space travel.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2021
We’re so saturated with sports — and lusting for more — that if my old mutt Mac could learn to juggle two dog biscuits, he would have his own channel.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2020
And what do we gain by the spirit in us lusting against the flesh, and pulling us the opposite way?
From Town and Country Sermons by Charles Kingsley
