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
Some 106,000 Americans are on an organ waiting list, and 22 die each day in want of organs such as kidneys, livers and hearts, according to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2023
The M2 MacBook Pro already feels sort of like a laptop in want of an audience.
From The Verge • Jul. 1, 2022
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single woman, married woman, man, anyone really, in possession of a pulse, must be in want of Colin Firth in a lake."
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2022
He is charitable to ingeniose men that are in want.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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