wished-for

Example Sentences

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A teenage pop fan who was let down when a long wished-for meet and greet with her idol Melanie Martinez fell through at the last minute has been given a second chance.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2024

A fulfilling home and social life seems to have accompanied the wished-for fame.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2021

They were part not of Giuliani’s past but of his wished-for future.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2019

Providing the possibility of that wished-for death is the professional mission of all in this room, of all the 935 employees and 3,000 volunteers who work for the 40-year-old nonprofit Hospice of the Western Reserve.

From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2018

At Albi the change had the wished-for effect.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles