desired
Example Sentences
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However, microwave frying alone does not produce the desired texture.
From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2026
The 46-year-old said the introduction of specific benchmarks relating to fitness have had the desired impact.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
As she worked on Go Gentle, her heroine turned into a sage who desired only what she had and cheerily accepted whatever fate threw at her.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
This requires understanding context, the desired intent and having the ability to act in that moment.
From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026
Normally, the type specimen of a species is the first set of bones found, but since no first set of Homo sapiens bones exists, there was a vacancy, which Cope desired to fill.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
