lust

Example Sentences

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“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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025

A taste for romance and lust for life and all of its many mysteries remain at the forefront of Anderson’s work, no matter its setting.

From Salon • Sep. 28, 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

"Arrogance, some might call it. Arrogance and avarice and lust for power."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin