desire
Usage
Example Sentences
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But six games into the 1981-82 season, Johnson expressed his desire to be traded because he was unhappy playing for Westhead.
From Los Angeles Times
So she reminded herself that her desire to go to bed early doesn’t make her boring or anti-fun; it means that she’s putting her health, her family and her productivity first.
"It's that desire to step out of the commercial world, step out of all those sorts of bits of life, step back from phone use."
From BBC
Following the latest revelations, historian David Olusoga told BBC Newsnight there is now "a desperate desire within government and within the palace to draw a firewall… between this crisis and the wider monarchy".
From BBC
It’s true that forced treatment doesn’t always get the desired outcome, and can backfire if it makes the person more resistant to treatment.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
