wishing

Example Sentences

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I find myself wishing teams and MLB would go back to enforcing traditional uniform standards.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

After his death on April 8 last year, Satrapi founded the Mattias and Marjane Ripa-Satrapi Cinema Foundation to support foreign students wishing to come to Paris to study filmmaking.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Biographers wishing he might slow down so they could catch up are out of luck.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

"Lots of other travelling fans as well won't be back in time," she said earlier, wishing the issue could have been factored into plans so people could "witness the glory".

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Here I am frantically trying to escape the water and at the same time wishing I had some.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret