"There's a sovereign," he said, tapping it impressively, while his companion eyed it covetously.
"A Poached Peerage"
William Magnay
Instead of Chilian attaches and Greek merchants, bankrupt auctioneers and clerks out of employment offered to cheer her evenings by forcing their company upon her; and the ladies who paid her visits in soiled tea-gowns glanced covetously at the few bracelets, brooches, and rings which she still had left.
"The Song of Songs"
Hermann Sudermann
Then he leaned forward, his eyes fixed boldly, covetously on her.
"The Salamander"
Owen Johnson