lusted

past tense of lust

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lusted
Verb
  • Prosecutors said O’Connor tied up her arms, restrained her and then raped and orally copulated her.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
  • In November 1995, Funston took a 5-year-old boy into some bushes, pulled down his pants and orally copulated him, prosecutors said.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • What if people ate, slept, worked, read, and entertained among the art?
    — Julian Rose, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
  • In one small study, office workers with windows got far more daytime light than colleagues without them and slept the better part of an hour longer at night.
    — Randy J. Nelson, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Following additional ground tests, Apeiron will be mated again to its carrier aircraft for captive carry tests, followed by a drop test and ultimately a powered test flight above 80 km.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The combo is mated to an eight-speed dual-clutch gearbox and produces 1,064 hp and 811 ft lbs of torque.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The company has kept much of its design and manufacturing in-house, partly because the pieces are closely coupled and partly because suitable aviation components didn’t exist when development began.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Later that same year, the researchers coupled their thorium apparatus to an optical atomic clock, proving that these excited nuclei can serve as high-precision timekeepers.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026
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“Lusted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lusted. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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