Example sentences for: coveted

How can you use “coveted” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • One of the few remaining ways to obtain a coveted "downward departure"--a sentence below the official range--is through cooperation with the government . In Lewinsky's case, lawyer Ginsburg, rather than turning state's evidence after indictment, is asking for immunity--a guarantee that his client will never face charges at all.

  • -- Ignatius Byamugyisha refers either to Cher's breasts, which could attract hundreds of people to the Universal Studios Tour, or to endangered Ugandan gorillas whose habitat is coveted by local farmers

  • He coveted cash as his God-given right; felt sinful about wanting it so badly; and was desperately compelled to give it to charity, which he did with anguish.

  • Japan coveted Malay’s natural resources, namely rubber, tin, and oil, and the port of Singapore through which they passed.

  • In the case of Microsoft, Blumenthal of Connecticut appears to have won the coveted prize, managing to eclipse Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, who is chairman of the NAAG's antitrust committee, and New York's Vacco, who heads the consumer committee.


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