intense desire
Example Sentences
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Jaissle's first career was ended by a serious knee injury at the age of just 25, but his intense desire to succeed has been a constant as former Hoffenheim team-mate Chinedu Obasi explained.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Wittgenstein’s desire to say the last word in philosophy seems in part driven by an intense desire to still his restless mind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025
Spiller said Saturday that Paxton demonstrated an intense desire to help his friend with the lawsuit against the advice of his deputy attorney general.
From Salon ● May 30, 2023
There is strength in it, and cleverness and nearly unbearable honesty, yet the enduring aftertaste of such gristly tidbits produces little more than an intense desire to give Ball a big hug.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2022
Hall’s easygoing facade masked an intense desire to succeed—which he defined in the fairly simple terms of getting as many clients as possible to the summit.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
