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Example sentences for "coveted"

Lexicographically close words:
coverts; coverture; coves; covet; covetable; coveteth; coveting; covetise; covetous; covetously
  1. Already he had thrown this solid column, prepared for battle rather than for the march, athwart the Ox Road, which led straight across to the coveted line of retreat.

  2. Sir James, his indignation at white-heat, and fiercely determined to expel the Yankees from the coveted island, now ordered the admiral to take his whole force and drive them from it.

  3. Then, notwithstanding the sudden and fitful variations of temperature incident to our mid-continent climate, the old hunters were especially active, and accepted unusual risks to procure as many of the coveted skins as possible.

  4. His miscellaneous assortment of merchandise he transported upon pack-mules to the Indian rendezvous, bringing back to the fort the valuable furs he had exchanged for the goods so eagerly coveted by the savages.

  5. Arriving at Fort Lyon, to their greater discomfort it was learned that the sutler at that post was entirely out of the coveted article, and the troops began their return journey more disconsolate than ever.

  6. Soon the coveted fluid began to filter upwards into the little excavation he had made.

  7. But in these coveted provinces it is the love for France, and not for Germany, which prevails.

  8. If this territory, so much coveted by the President, were infinitely more valuable than it is, I hope the Senate would not be tempted to obtain it by trampling on the weak and humble.

  9. His position in the University was nevertheless very difficult, for his situation was coveted by different parties with which he had nothing to do.

  10. Every time a chicken was served, poor Ilia followed the dish round the table with anxious eyes, and she invariably placed the coveted morsel in his brother's plate.

  11. But there is the miserable temptation to sacrifice probity and honour, to stifle compassion and thought, in order to bring into our own coffers the coveted wealth.

  12. The wizard professed to recognise in a turret chamber the room in which he had seen the spirit, and he prophesied that Sir William should recover the earldom, the long-coveted prize of all the Neville family.

  13. If Francis would surrender the English alliance, the emperor would make over to him the passionately coveted Duchy of Milan,[414] to be annexed to France on the death of the reigning Duke.

  14. This is how the coveted addition was managed.

  15. The work of a farmer, however, did not please him; what he coveted was the place of keeper or bailiff to the mother and son.

  16. He had reached the moment he had coveted so long!

  17. Along the eastern side is also shown the oil press, where olives were once made to yield their coveted juices, and from the press proper a stone gutter conducted the fluid down to the point where jars were placed to receive it.

  18. He coveted my place, and finally succeeded in getting it.

  19. These are probably remnants of the "pigmy" pre-Dravidian or Negrito-Papuan element, which constituted the most ancient inhabitants of the island and who long ago were driven inland from the coveted coast.

  20. Somehow he had managed to acquire a shilling, a large coin in Fiji, and this he offered in exchange for the coveted bottle.

  21. Assarac, the eunuch, well pleased to accompany the expedition, coveted more than others this honourable post.

  22. His listeners nodded approval, and scanning the lofty towers above them, began hazarding many conjectures as to the nature of that possession so coveted by their queen.

  23. I Leonardo was threatened with a lawsuit touching his vineyard at Fiesole, a slice of which was coveted by the neighbouring contadino.

  24. This was the heart of Italy, Leonardo's home, the territory of Florence, long coveted by the duke.

  25. I have sometimes broken the Commandment and coveted them and envied you.

  26. I coveted them and envied you; but then, I am but a vain girl at times, and vanity is easier to me than humbleness.

  27. Thus at a comparatively cheap rate could be produced a number of the coveted articles which the commerce between northern Syria and the Canaanite country had made expensive.

  28. It has been already shown that the possession of Ireland was coveted at an early period by the Norman rulers of Great Britain.

  29. Daré refused the much-coveted animal, and Méav proceeded to make good her claim by force of arms.

  30. But, be that as it may, her daily retirement gave her a much coveted opportunity for attending to matters in the private life of other people, and one of these affairs claimed her attention after the Secretary's arrival at Roberts' Hall.

  31. At its foot he saw lying the coveted papers.

  32. He wrested this pleasant country-seat from two brothers, who were the Naboths of the coveted possession.

  33. Tamaulipas, Coahuila, and Nueva Leon were coveted as a crowning trophy of the Mexican war.

  34. Already the broad grants of the Dons are coveted by the officials of the military regency.

  35. She coveted the plain, simple gown which loving hands had made for her friend.

  36. Landis, to whom public speaking was a coveted opportunity, immediately arose and moved forward to the front of the room where she could face her audience.

  37. I have life and health, and, although I am not yet a countess, I can still achieve the coveted title.

  38. A long time may elapse before I attain this coveted gem; but this wound on my shoulder may work wonders.

  39. While he was looking around, considering to whom he should accord the second place of honor on Goethe's left, Leonora stepped forward and quietly seated herself in the coveted place at her instructor's side.

  40. After thirteen years of implicit confidence in Ibrahim, suspicion arose in the mind of the Sultan and was fanned by the Sultana Ghowrem, who coveted the post of Grand Vizier for her son-in-law, Roostem Pasha.

  41. Greece coveted Crete and other islands in the AEgean Sea, and hoped to extend its frontiers on the mainland.

  42. It seemed that his route to the coveted island was not to be an epicurean one.

  43. And now, they were hers, but the tresses that should have adorned the coveted adornments were gone.

  44. At last, however, he did so, and stowed away the proofs which insured him the much-coveted property.


  45. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "coveted" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    demand; desirable; popular; wanted