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

A long wished-for promotion brought better working hours and a big increase in pay for Perry Funk, who had already clocked 15 years at a nuclear manufacturing facility in Lynchburg, Va.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2018

There was a death-like stillness in the ship till the Captain cried "up jib," and we left this long wished-for place.

From Charles Darwin: His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters by Darwin, Charles