crave

[US]/kreɪv/
[UK]/kreɪv/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. to beg for earnestly; to have a strong desire for
vi. to have a strong desire for; to beg earnestly

Phrases & Collocations

crave for

deep craving

crave attention

crave sweets

intense craving

Example Sentences

crave a person's pardon

I must crave your indulgence.

The attorney craved the court's indulgence.

Many young children crave attention.

May I crave your attention?

What he craved was neither luxury nor the high rhetoric of history painting, but apprehensible truth, visible, familiar, open to touch and repetition.

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