desire
Usage
Example Sentences
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If the desire to be released from this Hell reaches across the party line — if it’s affecting everyone, everywhere — is there any escape at all, any way off this hamster wheel?
From Salon
There's a desire to "return to simpler times", she says.
From BBC
The desire for touch, the desire for fame, the desire for inner peace.
From BBC
The fired-up German striker took just four minutes to make the impact he desired.
From Barron's
Alternatively, Paul continued to express a desire to face four-weight world champion Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez and will no doubt continue to pursue one of the biggest names still active in the sport.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
