Coveted
['kʌvitid]
Examples
- I coveted a cake of bread. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- They're yours, there--' And with trembling, excited hands she put the coveted stockings under Ursula's pillow. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- This from me may appear to strangers like personal pique, but all who know me will acquit me of having ever, in my life, coveted the society of fools. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He finished it, was paid the stipulated sum, and immediately spent it in fresh experiments to find the coveted enamel. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Nay, there are few, very few, who would not affect pride in the possession of what their betters have coveted in vain! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- And presently Dobbin had the opportunity which his heart coveted, and he got sight of Amelia's face once more. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The poor widow in the little cottage at Brompton, guarding her treasure there, little knew how eagerly some people coveted it. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- To increase that influence was coveted excitement; to cast it off might be to regain serenity; to leave it as it stood was tantalizing. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Editor: Sharon