Sentences with 'coveted'
Example sentences and phrases with the word coveted and other words derived from it.
• « As noted above, there were many lucrative commodities (such as gold and ivory) that Europeans coveted and could only obtain from North African traders. »
• « Like many explorers of the time, Hudson was actually seeking a passage to northwest Asia and its wealth, but the ample furs collected in the region he explored, especially the coveted beaver pelts, provided a reason to claim them for the Netherlands. »
• « Whites were especially resentful of the Cherokee in Georgia, as they coveted the tribe's rich agricultural lands in the north of the state. »