wished
Example Sentences
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Ms. Rabe strikes notes of piteousness, pride and, movingly, steadfast love, when she says: “Adieu, my lord. I never wished to see you sorry; now I trust I shall.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Nasir says he wished he was more prepared for clearing, and advises students to write down some notes on location, accommodation and cost for each university you contact.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
I think Robby went home and wished that he had the capacity to be someone who could have taken that baby home for a little while.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai said Dean and Ghemawat helped drive some of the company’s most significant technology transitions over their 27-year tenure and that he wished them the best.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
I wished they had bitten me a hundred more times and made me as fat as the miller.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
