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

Her grief hits when she thinks about her future, wishing her dad could be part of it.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Soon everyone in our group from Toledo is saying goodbye and wishing one another a safe journey.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar