lust
Example Sentences
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Releasing sterilized males involves no pesticides, and also leverages the insect’s biology: Males in lust are adept at finding females.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026
“The real evils in war,” St. Augustine once wrote, are “love of violence, revengeful cruelty, fierce and implacable enmity, wild resistance, and the lust of power.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 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
“She had this lust for life — happy, vivacious and a don’t-take-crap-from-nobody attitude,” Hernández recalled.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2024
We are glowing and full of a lust for adventure.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
