| 1. | By Jove, I am not covetous for gold. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 2. | More covetous of wisdom and fair virtu. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 3. | "A covetuous woman" changed to "A covetous woman". - from The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana by Vatsyayana |
| 4. | Achilles himself, or approve of his being so covetous as to receiv. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |
| 5. | "Ah, Caderousse," said Andrea, "how covetous you are Two months ago you were dying with hunger.. - from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |
| 6. | For he is covetous and jealous, the monk in the moon covetous of the earth, and all the joys of lovers. - from Thus Spake Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche |
| 7. | The story of his preservation by the dolphin, when the covetous sailors forced him to leap into the sea, is well known. - from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer |
| 8. | Oh, ye sentimental dissemblers, ye covetous ones Ye lack innocence in your desire and now do ye defame desiring on that accoun. - from Thus Spake Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche |
| 9. | Thy question doth assure me, thou believ'st I was on earth a covetous man, perhaps Because thou found'st me in that circle plac'd. - from The Divine Comedy, Complete by Dante Alighieri |