want to know

Example Sentences

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"Our main question is: why wasn't a search initiated right after he got trapped? We want to know why there was such negligence."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Gates, however, thinks people want to know as they go.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

“He will want to know if he can trust you and how much he can tell you,” she wrote of Nikolic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

"I said, 'no, I got documents to be here in South Africa'. They didn't want to know," said Baloyi, who has been in the country for nearly 16 years working in construction and gardening.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

“I’m trying to be quiet, but I don’t know if I can be quiet any longer. I want to know what is going on!”

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga