Used in a Sentence

crave

How to use crave in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for crave.

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Do you crave the next "green" unit test result beyond all sanity?If so, you're almost certainly burnt out.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

Meaning at a glance

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verb

have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

verb

plead or ask for earnestly

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for crave.

verb

plead or ask for earnestly

Example sentences

1

Do you crave the next "green" unit test result beyond all sanity?If so, you're almost certainly burnt out.

2

Some people crave power more than even wealth, and some of those people see the US government as the ultimate power on earth.

3

I remember a scene from an early Mad Men episode where Don was saying that what most people crave is to be told that whatever they're doing is OK.

4

One one side you have people like the author who crave the power of code-as-data more than they care about nice syntax and therefore love Lisp.

5

They're afraid that one drink will make their life deviate ever so slightly from the usual boring predictability they crave.

6

Wait 15-20 minutes, how hungry are you?I've done this experiment a few times now, and without fail, I crave more food after the sugar and can't eat another bite after the fat.

7

What you describe is very childish behavior, infantile even, but I believe you are right about Jobs being like that, and I think this might explain why he was so good at making toys adults crave like children.

8

I mean, people crave a good encrypted communication system and you have the intent and the infrastructure in place, but you are shooting yourselves in the foot with your cryptographic design indulgence.

9

No matter how sophisticated, how cynical the public may become about publicity methods, it must respond to the basic appeals, because it will always need food, crave amusement, long for beauty, respond to leadership.

10

Yeah, and the soldiers don't make the orders, the generals don't make the politics, the politicians just try to keep the military industrial complex fat and snugly and the citizens happy, the citizens just crave security because that's what the media says is what citizens crave while the military industrial complex just seeks profit because it's required to by stockholders and everyone else involved, who are just trying to put food and/or yachts on their family.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use crave in a sentence?

Do you crave the next "green" unit test result beyond all sanity?If so, you're almost certainly burnt out.

What does crave mean?

have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

What part of speech is crave?

crave is commonly used as verb.