Sentence examples similar to craved distinction from inspiring English sources

Samad, on his part, remains obsessed with the role his great-grandfather played in the Indian mutiny; he craves glory and distinction and rages against his own lowly job as a waiter.

He won the high grades he craved, becoming a George F. Baker Scholar, a distinction awarded to the top students in every business class, and would graduate from the law school with honors as well.

Really craved.

In the 19th century, Alexis de Tocqueville noted that citizens of the young democracy craved badges of personal identity to distinguish themselves as individuals and to bring order to a society that lacked formal class distinctions.

(Perhaps he craved reassurance).

I craved a whiskey.

Yet he craved money.

Briscoe craved media validation.

All actors crave approval, but however fine an actor's characterisation, you don't make the distinction between approving the performance and approving the actor.

Craving zaatar?

Blindly craving.