desiderate

Example Sentences

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One can only query whether poetry has anything to do with “modern development,” and desiderate the addition to “sentiment” of “art.”

From Matthew Arnold by Saintsbury, George

We desiderate means of instruction which involve no interruption of our ordinary habits; nor need we seek it long, for the natural course of things brings it about, while we debate over it.

From Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American by Eliot, Charles William

By one stroke of his pen the Apostle unfolds a heart-history; so that we desiderate no more—more would almost spoil the touching simplicity—“He whom Thou lovest!”

From Memories of Bethany by Macduff, John R. (John Ross)

Their contemplation will still desiderate something beyond all finite being, actual or possible.

From Moral Philosophy by Rickaby, Joseph , S. J.

It seemed also, owing to its height, to desiderate wings, but there were none.

From Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Part 2: More Ghost Stories by James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes)