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wish

Definition for wish

noun as in desire

verb as in desire

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And yes, our values include tolerance of those who wish to make fun of religion.

I wish I was a young Carole King, working in the Brill Building.

Ultimately, 2015 might be the year American anti-LGBT advocates wish they could skip.

At this point Marvin gives his Liberty Valance smile, the kind that makes you wish you could disintegrate in front of him.

Still, I wish that DuVernay had given us more about those who are less famous besides a scene where they all eat dinner together.

When Yima pressed the earth with this ring, the genius of the Earth, Aramaîti, responded to his wish and order.

I mean it is well my mother is ill, and doesn't wish to eat, for there would be nothing for her, if she did.

At the end of the first year, however, she resigned this privilege because she did not wish to accept the conditions of the gift.

How often did I then wish myself with my dear Glumdalchtch, from whom one single hour had so far divided me.

As the hopeless wish passed through his soul, the iron entered with it, but did not pass away.

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On this page you'll find 164 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to wish, such as: ambition, aspiration, choice, hope, inclination, and intention.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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