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desires





VERB
ask, request
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG
WEAK
not want


Example Sentences

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Her essays were eventually collected and published in 2000 under the title “My Dangerous Desires: A Queer Girl Dreaming Her Way Home,” which was awarded the Publishing Triangle Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2023

And Park also wants to continue playing gender-nonconforming characters — more Hedwigs, more Grens, more Desires — after seeing similar roles long inhabited by cisgender actors.

From Washington Post • Nov. 22, 2021

The premiere episode, "One Bad Night and Choas of Selfish Desires," will follow Sheldon and Missy as they run away from home, per the show's official logline.

From Fox News • Oct. 7, 2021

Desires are aroused, wishes are made, but life trundles forward anyway, indifferent.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2021

He did not reply at first, saying, “I have few Desires, sir.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson



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