lusting

verb

present participle of lust
as in copulating

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  1. copulating
  2. sleeping
  3. lying
  4. mating
  5. coupling
  6. fornicating
Verb
  • While copulating, female praying mantises often kill their mates and eat them.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • And finally, wouldn’t being near-perfectly still for an hour make a pair of copulating octopuses ridiculously exposed to predators?
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2026
Definition of copulating
Verb
  • The bears in sleeping caps and nightgowns on the box are excellent role models.
    — Alicia Oltuski, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The sleeping arrangements for the grad students at the Pico Trigaza hut [bottom] were spartan, but the views were first-rate.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of sleeping
Verb
  • Mary is lying on the cloth and turning to cradle Jesus, who is lying next to her.
    — Artforum, Artforum, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The race grabbed headlines in recent weeks when Ramaswamy's campaign released an ad featuring Acton's estranged mother, who accused her daughter of lying about her childhood.
    — Ian McKinney, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of lying
Verb
  • Their reproductive organs can sit on opposite sides, making mating difficult.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • But though these chemicals are linked to mating in animal species, a link between pheromones and romantic attraction hasn’t been established in humans.
    — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of mating
Verb
  • The new tech, which the company refers to as a magnetic coupling dynamic wireless power transfer (DWPT) road system, basically builds a wireless charging system into the roads themselves.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Amid headlines about how the Dodgers might have benched Ohtani for Game 3 of the NL Championship Series, manager Dave Roberts said the thinking was more about coupling Tuesday’s day off with a second consecutive day of rest.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of coupling
Verb
  • These are unhappy hedonists, boozing and fornicating for lack of fulfillment.
    — Dan Stahl, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
Definition of fornicating
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