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View definitions for lust after

lust after

verb as in pine

verb as in wish for

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Example Sentences

She lusted after someone who was physically attractive but beneath her intellectually.

"Our cutting room set up was a projector and a splicing machine, which we bought from the local camera shop - we lusted after having a camera so we could shoot our own film," he said.

From BBC

Cartier’s store is one big fantasy world, filled with objects most people can’t afford but lust after.

“Or a collector brings in a body of work that you lusted after for many years.”

He lusts after his daughter’s teenaged friend, buys a 1970 Pontiac Firebird, starts smoking weed and gets a job in the drive-thru window at Mr. Smiley’s.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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