wish
Usage
What are other ways to say wish?
To wish is to feel an impulse toward attainment or possession of something; the strength of the feeling may be of greater or lesser intensity: I wish I could go home. Desire, a more formal verb, suggests a strong wish: They desire liberation. Want, usually colloquial in use, suggests a feeling of lack or need that imperatively demands fulfillment: People all over the world want peace.
Example Sentences
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“Therefore, I normally would veto a repeal of this four-day grace period. And frankly, that’s what I wish I could do.”
From Salon
But this looks trickier than usual, only weeks from a Holyrood election, where parties wish to emphasise their differences.
From BBC
"I wish they could be here to experience it with me, but I do feel their presence, and they are with me."
From BBC
Australia's premier annual cultural event, which lures artists from around the world, unleashed the storm last week when it told Randa Abdel-Fattah it did not "wish to proceed" with her appearance at its Writers' Week.
From Barron's
Kittila airport predominantly serves people wishing to travel to nearby ski resorts and to see the Northern Lights, while Rovaniemi airport further south is the "official" destination for visitors to Santa Claus's folkloric home.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
