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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of crave.

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  • adjective wanted intensely

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Examples

  • That Bush went this route rather than throwing his base the red meat they craved is nothing less than a sign of weakness.

    10/03/2005 2005

  • After a couple of years, he was in command of his own station, and the holder of a title craved by all sea men"Captain'though his rate was that of Senior Chief.

    Clear and Present Danger Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1989

  • So far the closest I’ve come to the understanding I’ve craved is what I’ve received from other mothers.

    The Other Side Of Anger | Her Bad Mother 2009

  • And actually what he does (unintelligible) is he's kind of craved dismay, really, at everything that he found.

    Tina Brown's Must-Reads: The Dead And The Undead 2009

  • Chocolate, perhaps the most universally enjoyed, dare-I-say "craved" food, was first enjoyed by the Mayans and Aztecs more than 2,000 years ago.

    Phoenix Arizona Real Estate Local News and Business Directory 2009

  • The former Really Wild Show presenter "craved" fresh air, but the nearest natural light source was back at the surface - 12 hours 'climb away.

    Home | Mail Online 2009

  • The miner delivered record first-half earnings of $10.5 billion, up 72% from a year earlier, while increasing both its dividend payout and share buybacks, as investors had craved.

    BHP Finds Investors Hard to Please Andrew Peaple 2011

  • Recovering from brain surgery and feeling completely weak physically, I craved different foods.

    Jeannine Walston: Healing After My Second Awake Brain Tumor Surgery Jeannine Walston 2012

  • But soon I found myself indulging on a cod fish piperade, an emulsion of cod mixed with red peppers, a sweet bite that craved a glass of wine.

    Thei Zervaki: The Outstanding Food of the Basque Thei Zervaki 2011

  • While his barn and other ranch improvements were still under construction he decided to build a ship and go sailing around the world — exploring, writing, adventuring — enjoying the "big moments of living" that he craved and that would give him still more material to write about.

    A Short Jack London Biography 2010

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