WISH in a Sentence
Learn WISH from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
420 example sentences for WISH, such as:
1. If you wish for peace, be prepared for war.
2. It is about this that I wish to speak to you.
3. They have no wish for any change in the status quo.
4. Her wish to become a movie star was finally realized.
5. Prepared or unprepared, I wish to hear it all from you.
2. It is about this that I wish to speak to you.
3. They have no wish for any change in the status quo.
4. Her wish to become a movie star was finally realized.
5. Prepared or unprepared, I wish to hear it all from you.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of WISH
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wish
n. a specific feeling of desire
v. invoke upon
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Yes; there is a point which I wish to ascertain.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
2 It is about this that I wish to speak to you.
3 "I have no wish to take life, not even human life," repeated Boxer, and his eyes were full of tears.
4 "I wish the play didn't run in my head," she said.
5 "I wish the friends were younger," chuckled Dr. Lanyon.
6 "Very well, then, we wish to see his rooms," said the lawyer; and when the woman began to declare it was impossible, "I had better tell you who this person is," he added.
7 "I wish you to judge for me entirely," was the reply.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context Highlight In CHAPTER INCIDENT OF THE LETTER
Context Highlight In CHAPTER INCIDENT OF THE LETTER
8 "I wish to see or hear no more of Dr. Jekyll," he said in a loud, unsteady voice.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context Highlight In CHAPTER REMARKABLE INCIDENT OF DR. LANYON
Context Highlight In CHAPTER REMARKABLE INCIDENT OF DR. LANYON
9 I should have no power of keeping you against his wish, and he would have no difficulty, at any time, in finding Mr. Thomas Gradgrind of Coketown.
10 Prepared or unprepared, I wish to hear it all from you.
11 Repeat it, word for word, if you can, because I should wish him to know what I said.
12 No one could wish to know it better than a lady of your eminence does.
13 I have for some time had a particular wish to speak to you.
14 I think Tom may be gradually falling into trouble, and I wish to stretch out a helping hand to him from the depths of my wicked experience.
15 I wish these fellows had tried to rob me when I was at his time of life.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 She did not wish to leave him, but she could not accept her subservient role.
2 You should act towards others as you would wish them to act towards you.
3 I wish I were a free agent, but my contract binds me for three more years.
4 To live long is almost everyone's wish, but to live well is the ambitiion of a few.
5 I know he's well-meaning, but I wish he'd leave us alone.
6 I don't wish to be rude, but I have another appointment in five minutes.
7 They have no wish for any change in the status quo.
8 If you wish for further explanation, you'd better apply in person to the director.
9 If you wish for peace, be prepared for war.
10 Just because someone doesn't love you as you wish, it doesn't mean you're not loved with all his/her being.
11 Her wish to become a movie star was finally realized.
12 With the old wish that is ever new,may the greeting do its share toward making your Christmas a pleasant one.
13 We wish to thank the people of Norway for the warm hospitality extended to us during our recent visit.
14 Put a cross beside the name of the candidate you wish to vote for.
15 If you wish to lower yourselfin a person's favor, one good way is to tell his story over again, the way we heard it.