desire
Usage
Example Sentences
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Grit and determination, combined with a desire to do himself and his family proud, saw him prevail, his mother says.
From BBC
But, after openly criticising the club's lack of activity in the summer, at full-time Glasner was not shy about expressing his desire for the club to add reinforcements in January.
From BBC
“When I said goodbye to this job, to this life of opulence and glitter, images and adoration, the quest to be desired, I was saving my life.”
From Los Angeles Times
All that was left was to fulfill a personal desire to return one more time to Jordan Hot Springs.
From Los Angeles Times
Long a symbol of glamour and desire, Brigitte Bardot's image was forged in a cluster of cult films and pop duets.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
