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
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
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
After innumerable delays, and running about hither and thither, the wished-for post-carriage arrived.
From Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland by Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix
