Sentences with covet
cov·et
C c - She coveted his job so openly that conversations between them were tense. [VERB noun]
- To covet another's property.
- The birds that covet their crop fear the flashes of light from the mosaic of mirrors on the disco balls.
- Unfortunately, people start to covet the higher returns promised in advertising or boasted by friends.
- He won the prize they all coveted.
- Young US women increasingly covet husbands, babies and holidays, reports Caroline Overington.
- I covet honour in the same way as a miser covets gold.