Explore Lustful through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like sexy or lusty. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Lustful meaning
Full of lust; driven by lust.
Synonyms of Lustful
Using Lustful
- The main meaning on this page is: Full of lust; driven by lust.
- Useful related words include: sexy, concupiscent, lusty, libidinous.
- In the example corpus, lustful often appears in combinations such as: and lustful, the lustful, of lustful.
Context around Lustful
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lustful
- In this selection, "lustful" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, having, sounding, dangerously, thoughts, nuns and hope stand out and add context to how "lustful" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include amazed when lustful diego got and and dangerously lustful affair threatening. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lustful" sits close to words such as ablation, abure and abvp, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lustful
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I had lustful thoughts about the Poolboy. (7 words)
But conservationists were amazed when lustful Diego got to work. (10 words)
What happens when the said person is greedy and lustful? (10 words)
The study, which was carried out over a period of five years, involved 500 men, half of whom were instructed to stare at women’s breasts in a lustful manner for no less than 10 minutes every day, was done by a German scientist, Dr Karen Weatherby. (47 words)
When Pierre leaves town for a business trip, Anne and Théo — confined under the same roof for the first time — find themselves in the throes of an unexpected and dangerously lustful affair, threatening the stability of the household. (38 words)
Boccaccio’s 14th-century masterpiece, with its tales of lustful nuns, did not find favour with the Catholic church, and the Inquisition took great pleasure in editing (or as they argued improving) it in the late-16th century. (38 words)
Finally, what about those moments when I just don’t want to pray or to fast from dishonesty and my lustful thoughts or to be charitable to my neighbor? (29 words)
What happens when the said person is greedy and lustful? (10 words)
Example sentences (20)
More than most of his contemporaries, he manages to be both lustful and self-aware about his own lust.
While lustful Hope flirts with Thomas and gears up for another round of passion, RJ Forrester (Joshua Hoffman) may still have Luna (Lisa Yamada) on his mind.
All across pop culture, middle-aged women are having lustful affairs with younger men.
Both characters are also known for their gluttonous and lustful personalities.
Former President Donald is increasingly sounding lustful to exact revenge on his political foes and that even some of the people who attend his rallies are feeling a little queasy about it.
The resulting self-imposed censorship system explicitly prohibited “excessive and lustful kissing,” along with various other content deemed inappropriate for audiences.
When Pierre leaves town for a business trip, Anne and Théo — confined under the same roof for the first time — find themselves in the throes of an unexpected and dangerously lustful affair, threatening the stability of the household.
But conservationists were amazed when lustful Diego got to work.
Finally, what about those moments when I just don’t want to pray or to fast from dishonesty and my lustful thoughts or to be charitable to my neighbor?
I had lustful thoughts about the Poolboy.
In his ruffled shirt, gold watch and pinkie ring Pattinson’s preacher oozes the lustful hypocrisy of famous American preachers past and, ahem, present.
Boccaccio’s 14th-century masterpiece, with its tales of lustful nuns, did not find favour with the Catholic church, and the Inquisition took great pleasure in editing (or as they argued improving) it in the late-16th century.
The lustful nuns became anonymised ladies, suggesting the Inquisitors were more anxious about the dignity of the church than the sex.
The study, which was carried out over a period of five years, involved 500 men, half of whom were instructed to stare at women’s breasts in a lustful manner for no less than 10 minutes every day, was done by a German scientist, Dr Karen Weatherby.
When her love affair with a lustful marquis takes a sudden turn, a wealthy widow concocts a scheme to get revenge — with help from a younger woman.
What happens when the said person is greedy and lustful?
After eating the fruit, Adam and Eve have lustful sex.
Dobson & Taylor, p. 42. In the Jeu de Robin and Marion, Robin and his companions have to rescue Marion from the clutches of a "lustful knight".
He is frequently characterised in his later life as a lustful, egotistical, harsh, and insecure king.
Hercules, characteristically drunk and lustful, violates the sacred code of hospitality and rapes his host's daughter.
Common combinations with lustful
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and lustful 5×
- the lustful 4×
- of lustful 4×
- lustful and 3×
- lustful thoughts 2×
- lustful nuns 2×
- as lustful 2×