Craved

Examples

• His coarse, strong nature craved, and could endure, a continual stimulation, that would have utterly wrecked and crazed a finer one. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• All he craved was water, and this she brought him in the only way she could, bearing it in her own mouth. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• It seemed cruel to refuse him the comfort he craved for. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• She struggled to get more and more into accord with the atmosphere of the place, she craved to get her satisfaction of it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Tarzan, more than the apes, craved and needed flesh. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• What Lily craved was the darkness made by enfolding arms, the silence which is not solitude, but compassion holding its breath. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• For the moment she must yield to the refreshment her senses craved--after that she would reconsider her situation, and take counsel with her dignity. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• She craved for Rupert Birkin. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• That it was difficult to believe my statement I well knew, nor could I hope that she would do so however much I craved her confidence and respect. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• There would still be life in it, but death then would be the only charity it craved. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Fitzdotterel drew his poniard upon me in mine own chamber, because I craved him for mine own silver. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.

Editor: Pierre