desire
Usage
Example Sentences
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"On this day of celebration, let us abandon every desire for conflict, domination and power, and implore the Lord to grant his peace to a world ravaged by wars," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Sax argues, “That desire fits this very base desire as humans, which is to touch things, to interact with things, to buy things, to do actual things outside of our screens.”
From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026
The White House said that the changes were “not driven by the desire to increase tariff revenue,” but to “better align incentives to what we are trying to accomplish while reducing needless complexity.”
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
David Christ, Toyota’s U.S. sales chief, said consumers coming to dealer lots are there more out of necessity than desire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Great Britain’s desire to find what became known as the “Arctic Grail,” became so intense that between 1818 and 1850 dozens of Passage-seeking expeditions were sent into the frozen North.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
