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wishing

[ US /ˈwɪʃɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /wˈɪʃɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a specific feeling of desire
    he got his wish
    he was above all wishing and desire

How To Use wishing In A Sentence

  • Friday, March 27, 2009 at 06: 41 PM how odd to read this particular bit of news as i enjoy one of the only still-functioning electrical devices in my home (the computer), the others suffering from a mysterious anti-surge, in which switches produce only intermittent and then very weak current. nothing is 'crame' but the fridge has no cold, the water-heater no heat, the lamps flicker like candles guttering out their last wisp of light, etc. the electrician will be coming tomorrow; meanwhile one is very conscious of being (but not wishing to be) very spoiled and electrodependent ...... Cramer - French Word-A-Day
  • Word can say so little when someone cares so much. Mother,I'm wishing that these were a way to tell you the things that I'd so like to say How thankful I am and how very proud,too,to have a wonderful mother like you.
  • On this special day that belongs to you,I'd like to tell you the happiness we share means more than I can show.With all my heart,I'm wishing the joy the whole year through.Happiness always!
  • Moreover, in the case of conations, and in any other cases where it applies, see if the word ‘apparent’ is left out, e.g. ‘wishing is a conation after the good’, or Topics
  • Without wishing to be unkind, it was student vegetable gloop (carrot, courgette, mushroom, turnip and barley in tomato sauce) with little herby scone things on the top.
  • Girls wishing to join Brownies should attend on Thursday 22nd.
  • Carlo lit a cigarette, and wishing the old woman a merry "addio" left and descended the stairs. Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo
  • A female puppet with a fine, domed forehead entered, swishing black velvet.
  • Shakily I splashed some cold water onto my stricken face, wishing the cold liquid to act as a reality check, maybe even wake me up from this painfully real nightmare.
  • Whatever the reason, I'll be wishing him well because, in our adversarial, interrogative culture, there's still a place for Parkinson's gentlemanly, self-effacing approach.
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