desire
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Example Sentences
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And as you imply, the new chairman of the Fed will have hundreds of Ph.D.s at his beck and call for whatever studies he may desire.
She returned to competition in recent seasons despite repeated injuries, emphasizing her desire to compete on her own terms.
From Salon
I think there is at least a potential for Mahan to tap into a desire among voters to lower the hostilities just a bit and ease up on our constant partisan war-footing.
From Los Angeles Times
Kennedy said the desire to be recognised in her own right may have been a factor.
From BBC
Hypocrisy is the more-or-less conscious habit of saying one thing and doing another; projection is the mostly unconscious process of displacing one’s own unacceptable intentions onto other people’s presumed desires.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
