covetousness

Example Sentences

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One year I cheated by pooling my group with my younger sister’s, guilty of the sin of covetousness.

From New York Times

The message these objects send, just by virtue of being so eminently covetable, is that covetousness is a sin we are almost powerless to resist.

From New York Times

Economist Hans Sennholz attributed the slump to inflation and “the growth of covetousness and envy of great personal wealth and income, the mounting desire for public assistance and favors.”

From Washington Post

And I say that because seeing the truth keeps my covetousness in check.

From Washington Post

So much of the story of food in the past decade is the story of covetousness.

From New York Times