Examples of lustful in a Sentence
He looked at her with lustful eyes.
a chronically lustful college jock who was always chasing after girls
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Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
Just don’t make the mistake of thinking that all the girls from 20 to 54 who haven’t glanced in your direction in 25 years are suddenly going to swoon with lustful gazes.
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Long before the yelling and the lustful soil came the rabbit.
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Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
Just don’t make the mistake of thinking that all the girls from 20 to 54 who haven’t glanced in your direction in 25 years are suddenly going to swoon with lustful gazes.
—Oc Register, 18 Jan. 2026
Long before the yelling and the lustful soil came the rabbit.
—Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
King Princess talks the lustful, haunted anthems of 'Girl Violence'
King Princess has had a remarkable 2025 thus far.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Lustful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lustful. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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