intense desire

Example Sentences

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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

A food craving is an intense desire or urge to eat something, often focused on a particular food.

From Salon • Sep. 11, 2024

But that down-to-earth image belied an intense desire for public acclaim, she said.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 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

If a highly poisonous herbicide such as arsenic has been used, this intense desire to reach the wilting vegetation inevitably has disastrous results.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson