| He was rash, arrogant and obstinate, contentious, envious and malicious, covetous and corrupt. |
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| Poverty and misery have not imbued these characters with dignity but rather have made them covetous and begrudging. |
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| An enterprising news director covetous of higher ratings might well think about slanting his news to the right. |
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| By capturing them on canvas he forever locates them, with covetous jealousy, within his private, contained artistic universe. |
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| The majority of benefices in these deaneries were unlikely to attract the covetous attention of pluralist clergy seeking to acquire rich livings. |
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| Christensen thinks that this new approach to power won't go out of style, that the negative always breeds covetous attention. |
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| Our valiant forces were lying in wait for them, inflicting heavy losses on the covetous invaders. |
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| It may have been borne out of provincial jealousy and a covetous desire, but the attack was startling in its intensity. |
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| The truth is that because of the unbiased media today, these covetous politicians have been exposed. |
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| It is the mask that the politically covetous wear to hide their self-seeking agenda. |
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| It was the latter's reputation of which Silvers was bound to be especially covetous. |
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| Islanders do not openly admire the possessions of others because it suggests that one is envious and covetous. |
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| In my books there are healthy, happy people, and craven, covetous, miserable people. |
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| Red has a lot of qualities that I should think you'd be covetous of. |
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| Is anyone so blind as to believe that already they have not cast their covetous eyes upon the vast territory and resources of our own Dominion? |
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| Neither the ascetic nor the covetous miser has ever comprehended what our exact relationship with money is. |
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| It will provoke intense covetous discussion, as it is difficult to explain the context to citizens. |
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| We already have them-in abundance, judging by the rest of the world's covetous interest in our land and water. |
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| For now, though, buyers are still a bit covetous with the green stuff. |
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| Our King was, in a simple statement, a greedy, power-hungry covetous hog. |
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| It had no chance before his covetous hands, his adoring eyes. |
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| Real Madrid have been making covetous eyes at the free-scoring Dutchman. |
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| And now the anemic Republican establishment, covetous of the Tea Party's passion, is moving to absorb it, not admonish it. |
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| Henry was covetous of their easy authority, which he believed came from handling large sums of money. |
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| Does it make you less covetous of living in a grand design yourself, seeing all the trouble it causes? |
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| Other motorists seemed torn between covetous rubber-necking and exhibiting their Clarkson tendency. |
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| No covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. |
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| Designer Tomas Maier presented a collection that was rich, sophisticated, and covetous. |
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| That abundance has long been the target of covetous eyes from drier Americans to the south. |
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| Then when fear comes, thou wilt see them looking to thee, their eyes revolving, like one who faints from death: but when the fear is past, they will smite you with sharp tongues, covetous of goods. |
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| Few restaurateurs are as openly covetous of the guide's stars. |
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| The Latino population in Texas is growing so quickly that Democrats have begun to cast a covetous eye on the state in anticipation of the day when they will have a shot at its 38 votes. Some obstacles stand in the way. |
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| If we do not, it is inevitable that many more people will be casting covetous eyes in the direction of our water, and that is something we want to avoid. |
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| At the most, it would support the position in the region held by the major European industrial groups that are casting covetous glances at the market for the reconstruction of what the NATO bombers destroyed. |
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| The government machinery and the mega companies have found out that immense mineral wealth lies below Adivasi land, and on this wealth they have cast covetous eyes. |
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| Peter's retiral requires them to find a new handler and I know a couple of Scottish trainers are casting covetous glances in their direction. |
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| They were not only opinionative, peevish, covetous, morose, vain, talkative, but incapable of friendship, and dead to all natural affection. |
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| The selfish, base, covetous, father-in-law was not at all desirous to have a highborn beggar and the posterity of a highborn beggar to maintain. |
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| The Fear of passing for a Prodigal makes this Man so wretchedly covetous and strait-handed, that he will not assist the sincerest Friend on the most pressing Occasion. |
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| This covetous man like many other in the novel violated proverbially the principles of shamefulness and dignity which Muturi and Wangari regarded as sacred. |
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