Sentences with 'lust'
Example sentences and phrases with the word lust and other words derived from it.
• « According to Freud, there are three basic areas or states that exist simultaneously in the human mind. First, part of the unconscious is the "Id" (it): the seat of pleasure drives (sexual lust, power, security, food, alcohol and other drugs, etc.) and of what might be considered "obsession": seemingly irrational desires that have nothing to do with pleasure per se (pyromania, kleptomania, or seemingly self-destructive political activity). »
• « As this text has shown, much of history has been governed by greed, indifference to human suffering and the lust for power. It is to be hoped that the study of the consequences of these factors and the actions inspired by them may prove an antidote to their appeal, and hopefully to their supposed legitimacy as political motivations. »
• « The 1980s revolved around having: the lust for wealth, power and prestige. I know. Of all these, I accumulated more than most. But you can acquire everything you want and still feel empty. »