Sentence examples for wished from high-quality English sources.

• We wished to know.

• She wished it were framed.

• We wished that it tented up more from the skin.

• He wished the details of the incident to remain vague.

• I wished to find a warrant for being.

• But that is the very thing he wished and I wished.

• John always wished for whatever Marcia wished for.

• She wished that she had spoken to him before he had gone into surgery.

Use wished in a sentence.

• I wished that they would change their minds when my father reached the front.

• Zhao wished to rescue Wei, but Qin sent an envoy to the king of Zhao to complain.

• Below is an example of one story form a child who wished they could turn people into animals:

• The country would no longer be divided between those who wished to continue slavery and those who did not.

• Trump complained that he wished he had gotten back out in front of the rowdy crowds he loves, these people said.

• He wished for greatness for the papacy rather than for the pope, and he wished for peace in Italy.

• She wished it hadn’t happened, but thought about Hazel Donovan and before she finished her cocoa wondered if she really wished it.

• Isaac not only wished to do away with astral decrees, but he also wished to do away with God’s knowledge and His decrees concerning all accidental and possible things.

wished sentence examples

• She wished Miss Cotell no ill will, wished her all the peace in the world, but still could not help welcoming in a way that was natural to her the exhilaration she experienced.

• People that I wished that I said 'I love you' to before they passed away, including my father, and lots of things I wished I had said, wished that I said something.

• Costa Cruises said in a statement Thursday night that passengers who wished to disembark from the ship could, while passengers who wished to remain onboard would be accommodated and could begin their return home Friday.

• University has shown almost 30 per cent of university applicants wished they had chosen different A-level subjects, while just over 40 per cent wished they had thought more about what subjects might help them get into university.