All 3 Uses of
covet
in
Arrowsmith
- There was no strength, no grace, no knowledge, that Martin Arrowsmith did not covet, when consciousness of it had pierced through the layers of his absorption.†
Chpt 5 *
- Her head was in the hollow of his arm; she was weeping, hard; he was stroking her hair, not covetously now but tenderly, and he was whispering: "Darling!†
Chpt 5
- He looked out of the broad window above his bench and saw that he did have the coveted Woolworth Tower, to keep and gloat on.†
Chpt 26
Definition:
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(covet) to strongly want (something--especially something that belongs to another)