Sentence examples for wanting from high-quality English sources.

• He said that life was full of suffering and that suffering was caused by desire and wanting things.

• But for those innovators wanting to share their ideas, it can be hard to get projects off the ground.

• In both cases the aim is to mark distinctions like that between wanting a glass of water and wanting a glass of H2O.

• We grew up wanting to be Jimi Hendrix or Keith Richards—we didn’t grow up wanting to be a Conservative Member of Parliament.

• I feel like I just was this different animal on the field, really aggressive, wanting the ball all the time, wanting to score.”

• Without wanting to sound Gradgrind-ish, I found myself wanting more facts about the real magicians who are occasionally namechecked.

• Piles of post and incessant phone calls came, sometimes from people wanting to give her information, more often from those wanting her help.

• As we mature, it’s not always about wanting to look younger, it’s about wanting to look better: less tired, less sallow, healthier and glowy.

Use wanting in a sentence.

• Biden, with some wanting to portray him as a 2020 version of Hillary Clinton, and others wanting to try to define him as interchangeable with Mr.

• One way to describe his vision is to say he was the first to see the connection between wanting to make ratatouille and wanting a kitchen to make it in.

• “We started out as a girl band wanting to get on stage, wanting to have fun, wanting to travel, wanting to meet people.

• Across the board, they highlighted issues of privacy and cleanliness and the push-pull of people wanting to see the world while also wanting to stay safe.

• "I'm sure a ton of girls don't ever see what's wrong with looking at other girls and wanting to compare yourself and wanting to change things to look like somebody else

• But she thinks there's a difference between wanting something because your favorite star has had it done, and wanting to make an adjustment because it would really help your self esteem.

• "We've already gotten a lot of customer feedback around wanting more specialized types of products," Rubio said, pointing to people wanting products geared more toward outdoorsy adventure trips as an example.

• Apart from wanting to celebrate at the same time as his wife (and wanting to be more politically aligned with Europe), his decision came down to the fact that St Peter is the gatekeeper of heaven, and the King wanted to get there.

wanting sentence examples

• Olivia Buckland: Genuinely not feeling yourself, feeling quite upset the majority of the time, not feeling comfortable around that person, not wanting to go out, not wanting to see your friends just feeling a little bit controlled.

• The discussion of the subtext (Rodolpho’s real motive) and Miller’s use of exaggeration are also effective, when the pupil refers to Rodolpho making a subtle point about not wanting to return to Italy and the way he exaggerates to frighten Catherine into not wanting to go.

• Wanting more leisure time and personal freedom; not having a partner yet; not being able to afford child-care costs — these were the top reasons young adults gave for not wanting or not being sure they wanted children, according to a new survey conducted by Morning Consult for The New York Times.

• The five things it has affected most are: wanting a bigger garden or at least access to one, wanting to live in bigger accommodation, wanting to live in a pet-friendly home, wanting to be closer to parks and green spaces, and wanting access to a parking space or garage.