- present participle of want.
wanting
Example Sentences
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Bree begins the film desperately wanting gender-affirming surgery, so much so that her urgency incites the film’s madcap mumblecore events.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Markets will be wanting much -- but expecting little -- from US Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh as he kicks off the Jackson Hole central banking conference in Wyoming on Friday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Some customers are citing “Sterling Point” as their reason for wanting to book Muskoka properties, Katzeff added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
“My parents had unconditional love for all three of us. I can tell you they never stopped wanting to help him. They never stopped helping him.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
I walked in back of them all the way, yelling, wanting to cry the way Patch had last night.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
Vocabulary lists containing wanting
Nobody's Home: Synonyms For "Absent"
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Lacking
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