covet
Example Sentences
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Bonds, who won the coveted "Hammer Of The Year" four times, was handed the Professional Footballers' Association Merit award in 1988, and also received the MBE for services to football in the same year.
From BBC
AIG is paying him $2.7 million under a “mutual agreement” that he forfeit a coveted role as its heir apparent, according to securities filings.
Now, all three schools are waiting for Kiffin to decide, turning the man who might be the most loathed coach in football into the most coveted.
The candidates had come from all over the state seeking a coveted spot in the police force.
From BBC
“I think I can bring an interesting and intellectual and spiritual flair to this coveted position,” he says.
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
