He will also be looking at your inventory with covetous eyes. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
He put his arm round her, and stooping kissed her red lips with a kind of covetous passion. From Wordnik.com. [Sir George Tressady — Volume I] Reference
He was never covetous before he met her. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Elector, George, begins to be covetous, which is a sign of his death very shortly. From Wordnik.com. [Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther] Reference
The fact that they were "covetous" is here stated as the reason why they derided him, or, as it is literally. From Wordnik.com. [Barnes New Testament Notes] Reference
Nuclear blasts end the "covetous" grasping for goods in one hour. From Wordnik.com. [The Voice] Reference
Yet the covetous are admired, and people like Worfeus argue for “the sky’s the limit.”. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Help Raise the Minimum Wage] Reference
A just king setteth up the land: a covetous man shall destroy it. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 22: Proverbs The Challoner Revision] Reference
So the ways of every covetous man destroy the souls of the possessors. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 22: Proverbs The Challoner Revision] Reference
He leaves repentance for grey hairs, and performs it in being covetous. From Wordnik.com. [Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters] Reference
Audrey cast covetous eyes upon it for her convalescent soldiers that the. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
The rower has stopped, and with eager, covetous eyes watches the wilful waste. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
But as she was not a bit covetous, she took the oldest and ugliest of them all. From Wordnik.com. [Roumanian Fairy Tales] Reference
Does she have a covetous eye on the dream designing job in high street fashion?. From Wordnik.com. [This week: Pakistan cricket, The Stig and Kate Moss] Reference
Now the Pharisees, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 49: Luke The Challoner Revision] Reference
Now King Mark was a man of a mean and covetous mind, and he loved not to give money. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
Was Mrs. Hazleton a person very susceptible, or very covetous of the tender passion?. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
Let me study one slice of your drawl, so I can steal the covetous pace of your words. From Wordnik.com. [I Use Commas like Ninja Stars] Reference
Persecuted during generations by the jealous and covetous nations surrounding them, the. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi and Priest A Story] Reference
Kiddie met the man's cunningly covetous glance as he passed the whole bundle across to him. From Wordnik.com. [Kiddie the Scout] Reference
Even now covetous eyes are cast upon the territory reserved for the use of the remaining tribes. From Wordnik.com. [The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country] Reference
Riches are not comely for a covetous man and a niggard, and what should an envious man do with gold?. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
But no one compassionates the misfortunes of the covetous, though few perhaps are in greater need of compassion. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference
Meantime he viewed with the eye of a philosopher the strife of the covetous relatives who hovered around their rich prey. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"How many do you think you need?" said Richard, laughing as he released the tail from the covetous clutch of the small fingers. From Wordnik.com. [Rainbow Hill] Reference
It couldn't have come at a better time for ancient Marina, which had long attracted covetous glances from real estate developers. From Wordnik.com. [Leukaspis, Ancient City By The Sea, Rises Amid Egypt's Resorts (PHOTOS)] Reference
A covetous man shall not be satisfied with money: and he that loveth riches shall reap no fruit from them: so this also is vanity. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete] Reference
They will understand the causes that have changed this "covetous old sinner" to the man "who knew how to keep Christmas Day well". From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature] Reference
SADDAM HUSSEIN: A human monument to the less delicate firstborn traits, he's aggresive, ambitious, dominating, vengeful and covetous. From Wordnik.com. [First Born, Later Born] Reference
But the impoverished, covetous Ripley, a gifted mimic and quick study, falls in love with Dickie's lifestyle -- and with Dickie himself. From Wordnik.com. [A Blue Christmas] Reference
The eye of the covetous man is insatiable in his portion of iniquity: he will not be satisfied till he consume his own soul, drying it up. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
Nor the effeminate nor liers with mankind nor thieves nor covetous nor drunkards nor railers nor extortioners shall possess the kingdom of. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 53: 1 Corinthians The Challoner Revision] Reference
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