in want
Example Sentences
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It evokes a thatched hut, a giant upturned basket and, especially, a vacant, human-size cage—a trap in want of prey.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025
You know, the whole business that goes “it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
From Salon • Oct. 12, 2023
The M2 MacBook Pro already feels sort of like a laptop in want of an audience.
From The Verge • Jul. 1, 2022
As Noah observes, not every single man is necessarily in want of a wife — but figuring that out is more than half the fun.
From Washington Post • Jun. 1, 2022
I did not like how persistent he was in want ing no one to sleep past the time he was up.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
