The man was looking at the coin covetously, but his wife pushed him away. From Wordnik.com. [The Vanished Messenger] Reference
He ran his hand covetously over Armand's shoulders. From Wordnik.com. [eros-archer Diary Entry] Reference
But still he held it fast, carressing it covetously. From Wordnik.com. [Dragons of a Fallen Sun]
They made a thick stack of paper, which Cody eyed covetously. From Wordnik.com. [Remember Me, Irene] Reference
The poet looked on covetously as long as he could restrain himself. From Wordnik.com. [CHAPTER IX] Reference
A shadowy form took shape above the totem, coiled around it covetously. From Wordnik.com. [Dragons Of A Vanished Moon]
Her eyes fixed covetously, jealously, and suspiciousÂly on his staff. From Wordnik.com. [Dragons Of Summer Flame]
At the foot of the throne, Vardanes stared covetously at the golden mask. From Wordnik.com. [Conan the Wanderer]
George Washington Jenks looked at it covetously out of the corner of his eye. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage with Captain Dynamite] Reference
His hair emerged a mass of dripping ringlets, covetously eyed by his companions. From Wordnik.com. [Maurice Guest] Reference
Reynard eyed it covetously, and I knew then and there it was going to cause trouble. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragons of Krynn]
These he slew simply by charging them as they rushed covetously forth to despoil him. From Wordnik.com. [The Danish History, Books I-IX] Reference
Bringing out the two halves of the Graygem, Dougan regardÂed them longingly, covetously. From Wordnik.com. [Dragons Of Summer Flame]
They grabbed bits of ham from the soup and ran around covetously like they had with the crickets and worms. From Wordnik.com. [The Chicken Chronicles] Reference
Here was much of the wealth of the Dark Knights, wealth that the late Lord Targonne had so covetously amassed. From Wordnik.com. [Dragons Of A Vanished Moon]
Then a pack of junior girls walked in, glancing covetously at Palmer and giggling on their way to the coffee counter. From Wordnik.com. [Pure Sin] Reference
Finally, we will lay all even with the ground, which they, no less wickedly than cruelly and covetously, have enclosed. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Democracy] Reference
The fond yong woman, more covetously addicted to gayne and commodity, then looking into the knavish intention of her Gossip. From Wordnik.com. [The Decameron] Reference
"Very useful around anything that might ruin your notes," Firesong observed, snatching up the papers he had stared at so covetously. From Wordnik.com. [Storm Breaking]
Kotlicki gazed after her covetously, biting his lips. From Wordnik.com. [Komediantka. English] Reference
Alberich's Ring, "Wotan replies," covetously I held the gold. From Wordnik.com. [The Wagnerian Romances] Reference
"I should like one o 'them to ply with," said the elder covetously. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 5, 1916] Reference
Fleming's eye glanced at it covetously, ignoring the figure behind it. From Wordnik.com. [From Sand Hill to Pine] Reference
He snatched it covetously from the letter-rack, and carried it upstairs to his room. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Sally] Reference
I.p. 14, &c. 5 Al Beidâwi, Jallalo'ddin. and giveth little, and covetously stoppeth his hand?. From Wordnik.com. [The Koran (Al-Qur'an)] Reference
The Captain went to the door, and found three strolling Bucktails looking covetously at the swine. From Wordnik.com. [Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War] Reference
He wanted a new loading-rod for his rifle; and he had gazed covetously at the kobaoba's long horn. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Adventure Tales] Reference
He looks covetously at Violet's fortune and calls himself hard names, but that is plainly out of his reach. From Wordnik.com. [Floyd Grandon's Honor] Reference
He looked covetously at the tin box under the arm of Rufus, and speculated as to the value of the contents. From Wordnik.com. [Rufus and Rose Or, The Fortunes of Rough and Ready] Reference
His eyes swept almost covetously over the five-thousand-acre ranch, level as a floor, not a stump or a stone. From Wordnik.com. [The Desert Fiddler] Reference
He means that the love so given to one near in blood is covetously withheld from some stranger who, it may be, hungers for it. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
It was with difficulty that he could lift it, so heavy was it, but this only encouraged him, and made his eyes sparkle covetously. From Wordnik.com. [In A New World or, Among The Gold Fields Of Australia] Reference
He was about to break it when a man arose from a seat across a walk, and came and sat down beside him, eyeing the food covetously. From Wordnik.com. [The Arena Volume 4, No. 22, September, 1891] Reference
"I own three real pairs and I'm buying two of these," says another, staring covetously at some vertiginous studded gladiator sandals. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph] Reference
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