lusting

Example Sentences

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Penn Badgley would like you to stop lusting after his murderous character in ‘You’

From Washington Post • Apr. 18, 2023

France plays host to next year's Rugby World Cup, and having twice clinched the age-grade version, Les Bleus are lusting to win the real thing.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2022

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

Every class also functions as an infomercial for the Peloton line of equipment; I’ve found myself lusting after a Peloton bike just to inch closer to the imagined subject to whom the instructors speak.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2021

But unto him who shall be compelled by necessity to eat of these things, not lusting nor wilfully transgressing, GOD will surely be gracious and merciful.

From The Koran (Al-Qur'an) by Sale, George