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Example sentences for: craved

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Clinton, for his part, got the public back-patting he craved just 11 days before the November elections.
It's possible, of course, that in an alternate universe, where American high schools were truly academic institutions, the seriously disturbed Harris and Klebold might have open fire on the "brains," but I doubt it; first of all because Harris and Klebold would have received some of the acceptance they craved on their own merits, and secondly because they would not have despised the school so for favoring the intellectual achievers.
I craved strong sweets, but thoseSeemed strong when I was young;The petal of the roseIt was that stung.
' " The fashion formula worked in both directions: Black urban kids craved the preppy look; white suburban kids wanted to be homeboys.