heart's desire
Example Sentences
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Our Gravedigger speaks to us, and to the moon, about her heart’s desire in charming cockney rhyming slang.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
The mysterious love interest turns out not, in fact, to be his heart's desire from society, but a maid called Sophie Baek.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
But he’s also puckish – sylph-like and otherworldly, seductive and repellent, as likely to swaddle Sarah in her heart’s desire as he is to toss her into the belching, farting Bog of Eternal Stench.
From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026
"Not just to wish, but usually sing to their heart's desire, and so I think it's important to this movie obviously. I think it will be important to many Disney movies in the future too."
From Reuters • Nov. 20, 2023
Choose from them your heart’s desire and it shall be yours.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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