- present participle of lust.
lusting
Example Sentences
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It’s that for various reasons, a lot of Americans are lusting after proof that America is good.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
That it was a happy accident hasn’t stopped others in the industry from lusting after the recipe, of course.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
Penn Badgley would like you to stop lusting after his murderous character in ‘You’
From Washington Post ● Apr. 18, 2023
From Elon Musk to Richard Branson, the wealthiest man on Earth follows a long line of exorbitantly wealthy men lusting for space travel.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2021
These medieval coronets, which were repeated even on the peaks of the chimney pots, were the everlasting decorative motif of an industrial city little given to dreams and lusting for lucre.
From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Charlotte Brewster Jordan
