Sentence examples for they were coveted from inspiring English sources

Such honesty stood out to Davis; most players said they were coveted by many teams, to improve their draft position.

For arbiters of tech taste, the designer flash drive has become an unexpected "it" accessory, inspired by pop art, sold in museum shops and department stores, and produced in limited editions as if they were coveted fragrances.

But if fillies were good enough and strong enough to beat boys throughout racing's history — starting in the eighteenth century and continuing through the days of Shuvee — and if they were coveted as broodmares, why are they no longer?

"They are coveted jobs," said Beth Schwartzapfel, staff writer at the Marshall Project, a New York City nonprofit focused on criminal justice issues.

Armed poachers who slaughter them smuggle the horns to Asia, where they are coveted for purported medicinal properties.

Only a third of transplanted kidneys come from living donors, but they are coveted because they typically last longer than cadaver kidneys.

They are coveted now, because they were so well built, often by German POW's, and also because Stalinism, as a style, is currently in some favor.

Tiger parts like bones, internal organs and whiskers fetch huge prices in Asian markets where they are coveted for traditional medicines.

But that archipelago and the nearby Spratly Islands are rich in oil and natural gas deposits, and so they are coveted by the nations that form a wide arc around the South China Sea.

It is no real surprise, of course, that waterfront property and its attendant views are coveted in New York, as they are coveted everywhere, and that people are willing to fight over them to the death (or to bankruptcy — whatever comes first).

They are coveted both by employers and would-be immigrants because the visas are ideally suited for long-term work projects and often serve as a first step toward permanent residence status.