How to use "covet" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "covet" in popular movie and book plots

  • The covet mission led by HarikrishnaP.  - Killing Veerappan
  • The position of Dey of the city is precarious, as all pirates covet the position.  - The Pirate City: An Algerine Tale
  • Men who covet chellamma includes the landlord and Asarakannu Muthalali(Madhu), a rowdy.  - Kallichellamma
  • In a display of his superior wealth, a 22-year-old planter named Alfred outbids other potential buyers who covet her beauty.  - Le Mulâtre
  • Both Hussein and Ram Narain covet the gold, but their priority is escape.  - Hussein, An Entertainment
  • Shimmer realizes that this will now make him covet her dream pearl.  - Dragon of the Lost Sea
  • Subramanyam) covet the land belonging to Sombabu's parents.  - Somberi
  • The herb she eventually gets,leading her to a series of hectic confrontations with those who also covet the priceless medicine.  - The Angry River
  • He offers a final clue – "we covet what we see every day" – and demands to hear her worst memory.  - The Silence of the Lambs (novel)
  • The two neighbouring families share a very cordial relationship, although Nabin Roy does covet Gurucharan's mortgaged plot.  - Parineeta
  • Adam knows that his family cannot afford a chess computer, but he begins to covet the device.  - The Computer That Said Steal Me

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