desired
Example Sentences
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"You don't want to spend decades wondering if you could have been desired, intellectually challenged, or had the family you wanted, if only you had put yourself first".
From BBC
Dubois collected the WBC strap that December but with each woman at separate promotions, the desired clash continued to slip further away.
From BBC
In the long term, tariffs could achieve their desired effect of making some manufacturers more competitive with overseas producers.
The desired identities are often part of the job: “Assistant Professor of Latina/o/x Literatures and Cultures” or “Assistant Professor of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity.”
When the producers didn’t get the take they desired, they’d film it again — and again and again.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
