desires

Example Sentences

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As Spielberg predicted in 2005, humans would choose between doing their part to save one another or prioritizing their own desires, no matter who was affected.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026

Seeing the accumulation of other people’s innermost desires in the trees — and given that the wishes are uncovered — lends the work an openness and accessibility that can be therapeutic, Loyer said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Through her coaching service, Mann helps people explore wigs, scarves, or going completely bald, depending on their desires.

From Slate • May 23, 2026

Their anxieties don't weigh the book down, though - the characters' coping strategy is to process them with a heavy dose of flippant humour, or switch focus to the night's more immediate desires and dramas.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Because if Ruby wanted something from him, it could only spell trouble, and after today he wanted no part in the kind of trouble her desires were certain to cause.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols