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Covetous is an English word with synonyms like envious or prehensile. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Covetous in a sentence

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Covetous | Covetousness

Covetous meaning

Distastefully desirous or keen, especially for something belonging to someone else; avaricious.

Synonyms of Covetous

envious prehensile greedy grasping grabby avaricious wishful desirous jealous acquisitive

Related words

Other words often associated with Covetous or its synonyms:

devouring avid hungry thirsty voracious discernment predatory control aspiring accumulative plundering ravening

Using Covetous

  • The main meaning on this page is: Distastefully desirous or keen, especially for something belonging to someone else; avaricious.
  • Useful related words include: envious, prehensile, greedy, grasping.
  • In the example corpus, covetous often appears in combinations such as: covetous of, covetous and, and covetous.

Context around Covetous

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 6 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

teacher 1× psychopathic 1×

Often after:

britons 1× now 1× glance 1× gratingly 1× trophy 1×

Sentence patterns with Covetous

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

abbott teacher covetous of its 1× china s covetous glance on 1× envious and covetous with a 1× envious or covetous and there 1× for the covetous trophy 1× happen when covetous britons nick 1× of a covetous and corrupt 1× re being covetous now because 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

as a legendary 1× better yet this 1× bill is tasked 1× france progressed to 1× pan then grew 1× sir you re 1×

Common sentence endings:

and corrupt leadership 1× as sinful behavior 1× for real malice 1× from other cultures 1× men nor gods 1× on the philippines 1×

Words around Covetous

Just before it in the word index:

coveting 17 coveted 596 covetable 9 covet 29 covestro 7 covestor 74

Just after it in the word index:

covetousness 9 covetrus 5 covets 11 covey 54 covfefe 9 covi 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aat 18 abhorrence 18 abms 18 absolutes 18 absorbance 18 abule 18

Corpus analysis for Covetous

  • In this selection, "covetous" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, teacher, psychopathic, britons, now and glance stand out and add context to how "covetous" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include abbott teacher covetous of its and china s covetous glance on. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "covetous" sits close to words such as aat, abhorrence and abms, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with covetous

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Teresita speaks about the Marian revelations including China’s covetous glance on the Philippines. (14 words)

Sir, you're being covetous now because you are looking at what other people have. (15 words)

But she is not “nice” – she is envious and covetous, with a capacity for real malice. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

As a Legendary Charter, Addington serves as a rival to Abbott, with enough money and resources to make even the most stalwart Abbott teacher covetous of its computer lab and smell-free hallways. (33 words)

The play unveils marital, social and political cynicism, muddles and madness, and a society that is devoid of a political direction, commitment, honesty and happiness because of a covetous and corrupt leadership. (32 words)

Without that cultural fabric, they would have never consciously known if they felt envious or covetous, and there would be no guilt or shame associated with what is known as sinful behavior. (32 words)

Example sentences (10)

As a Legendary Charter, Addington serves as a rival to Abbott, with enough money and resources to make even the most stalwart Abbott teacher covetous of its computer lab and smell-free hallways.

Better yet, this retool of Blyton, like Wilkie Collins’ The Moonstone, can be seen as a morality tale showing what cursed things happen when covetous Britons nick stuff from other cultures.

Sir, you're being covetous now because you are looking at what other people have.

The play unveils marital, social and political cynicism, muddles and madness, and a society that is devoid of a political direction, commitment, honesty and happiness because of a covetous and corrupt leadership.

But she is not “nice” – she is envious and covetous, with a capacity for real malice.

Teresita speaks about the Marian revelations including China’s covetous glance on the Philippines.

Without that cultural fabric, they would have never consciously known if they felt envious or covetous, and there would be no guilt or shame associated with what is known as sinful behavior.

Bill is tasked with being partners with Slim, the psychopathic, "covetous, gratingly pansexual Irish bastard" who paid to him Bill and his wife killed, and it starts about how you'd expect.

France progressed to the final on Tuesday with a 1-0 victory against Belgium and will be facing Croatia for the covetous trophy.

Pan then grew angry with her, envious of her musical virtuosity and covetous of her virginity, which she would yield neither to men nor gods.

Common combinations with covetous

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "covetous" in a sentence?
An example: "As a Legendary Charter, Addington serves as a rival to Abbott, with enough money and resources to make even the most stalwart Abbott teacher covetous of its computer lab and smell-free hallways." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "covetous" from authentic English texts.
What does "covetous" mean?
Covetous means: Distastefully desirous or keen, especially for something belonging to someone else; avaricious.
What are synonyms of "covetous"?
Common synonyms of "covetous" include: envious, prehensile, greedy, grasping, grabby, avaricious, wishful, desirous. Plus 2 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "covetous" are there?
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