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

But even if you can’t, it is important to match your sleep duration to your actual rather than wished-for capacity for good sleep.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2022

Moments like that give the well-intentioned if scattershot “Convergence” its wished-for inspiration much more readily than ending with the easy uplift of a mass-Zoom “Lean on Me” singalong.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2021

She warned Mr. Trump that his wished-for date of Easter to reopen the country likely couldn’t be accomplished.

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2020

But the lady did not afford him the wished-for opportunity.

From Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century by Macray, William Dunn