wishful

Example Sentences

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For the residents of Catfish Row, “your daddy’s rich” sounds wishful, ironic.

From The Wall Street Journal

My mother’s voice knocked me out of my wishful thinking.

From Salon

Maybe that is wishful thinking, but what's clear is that Scotland will go into the Six Nations shed of the sort of expectation they have had to carry in recent seasons.

From BBC

That's an awful lot of wishful thinking, an awful lot of kicking a decision down the road.

From BBC

“A lot of people get into this wishful thinking or hypotheticals” around taking advantage of specific perks, Papadimitriou said.

From The Wall Street Journal