lusting

present participle of lust

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lusting
Verb
  • After copulating, the two males lay immobile on the seafloor as the female swam away.
    Jack Guy, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In the quiet hush of the neonatal intensive care unit at Shahjahanpur Medical College, the only constant sound was the monotone of the heart monitor, its low hum keeping watch over the baby sleeping inside the sterile incubator.
    Aishwarya S. Iyer, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Interestingly, men seemed more affected than women—sleeping about 50 minutes less overall.
    Clarissa Brincat, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Vikings had rookie Tyler Batty lying sideways directly in front of Eagles center Cam Jurgens, with Jalen Redmond on one side over Batty and Levi Drake Rodriguez on the other side.
    Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Did Hank do it, or is Maggie lying?
    Gerrad Hall, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Some were actively reproducing, with females found carrying eggs and males observed successfully mating.
    James T. Stroud, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Male ratfish have a structure called a tenaculum, which is essentially a retractable rod tipped with a chandelier of teeth that springs out of their forehead to grip females during mating.
    Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Universities expanded dramatically in the second half of the 20th century to meet companies’ demand for skilled labor, further coupling higher education to market incentives.
    Chris Wegemer, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Numerical simulations and a theoretical quantum model validated the experimental results, confirming that the two phonon modes were indeed in the ultrastrong coupling regime.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Lusting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lusting. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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