Sentence examples for consumed by desire from inspiring English sources

The poet is so consumed by desire that he is dubbed "Majnun" – the madman.

A big part of the risk is Sister Beatrice Bianchi, a humorless enforcer who is consumed by desire for power.

This duet had been preceded by a solo in which Mr. Bish, wearing the shortest of shorts, thrashed about on the floor as if consumed by desire.

Until she finally rebels, Claire is a virtual slave to her family, while secretly consumed by desire for her French brother-in-law.

If Mr. Woetzel seemed consumed by desire in the duet with Ms. Ansanelli, Mr. Millepied was all tender ardor while still retaining something of the bad boy in the beginning.

Forlán seemed at times consumed by desire, and he appeared to cover more ground and guide more players than one man might be expected to do in a team.

The most frequently used word in his extensive vocabulary is "interesting" — as in, "I find it interesting that I have absolutely no desire to own my own winery" — and his days seem to be consumed by the desire to evade predictability.

Consumed by a desire for a male heir, he contracted with Mrs. Drewnowska for a child.

Since the dawn of time, men have been consumed by the desire to demonstrate their virility.

Lapidary in both style and subject, the book follows the history of a spectacular medieval jewel and the people who are consumed by the desire to have it.

For a few years in the mid-1990's, the English pop scene was consumed by the desire to relive that hallowed musical era.