The love that we shared was so strong that many people began to covet it. I thought of Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem Annabel Lee.
There are plenty of ways you could use the word covet in a sentence. You could advise someone not to covet their neighbor for example.
To covet things that do not belong to you is considered a sin.
She couldn't help but covet her neighbor's new car.
to covet another's property.
The Bible teaches us not to covet our neighbours wife, which is lamentable.
One definition for the word covet is " to wish for earnestly."
want and /or desire
Covet is the term used in the 10 Commandments.
Covet is used when you really really really really want something that usually is cherished by someone else. usually something you keep to yourself ie/ I covet my sister's jewel encrusted music box. or I secretly covet the first place trophy. "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife"
One definition for the word covet is " to wish for earnestly."
You use it like you would the word "desire" but with stronger feelings behind it. It is used biblically in the commandment "thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife" meaning that you should not lust after someone else's wife.
Desire is another word for yearn. Additional synonyms include covet, hanker, pine and crave.