lust

Example Sentences

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Celtic have not been a good team this season, but they've shown a lust for battle, an ability to keep playing and winning even when their performances have never risen above the mundane.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

The irony, which Mr. Crow misses, is that Marat, with his lists of enemies and scapegoats and his lust for punishment, was the ancestor of the modern totalitarians.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

“Tupac was writing Mary these poems about love, lust, longing and sadness,” Pearlman says.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025

And then there’s Becca’s twin sister, Terry, also played by Kruger, a shaggy-haired dog groomer with an insatiable lust for conspiracy.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2025

And some pedigreed teenagers lust for Juicy Couture.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times