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Example Sentences
Main Entry:
de·sir·ous
[
dih-
zahy
uh
r
-
uh
s
]
/
dɪˈzaɪ
ə
r
əs
/
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Main Entry:
desirous
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Example Sentences
The drivers employed in the place fed him and treated him kindly, as they were
desirous
of keeping him in the place.
For poor children
desirous
of finding their way home: brea no, wait, that didn't work.
Both times he was alone and feeling
desirous
of company.
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The drivers employed in the place fed him and treated him kindly, as they were
desirous
of keeping him in the place.
For poor children
desirous
of finding their way home: brea no, wait, that didn't work.
Both times he was alone and feeling
desirous
of company.
In hopes of attracting customers, and also
desirous
of bedding every eligible woman in the.
Only in the thinking person has the will to live become consicous of other wills to live and
desirous
of solidarity with them.
The male gaze did not own the field of
desirous
looking.
Short is an architect feverishly
desirous
of accomplishing something artistic.
They have voted taxes and loans, measuring their burden only by the suffering they were
desirous
of relieving.
He is
desirous
of sending on the delicate mission the best man to be.
People are
desirous
of an elective procedure, and that's their main objective in coming.
People are
desirous
of an elective procedure, and that's their main objective in coming in.
We were exhausted from our wet and windy golf excursion,
desirous
of drinks and a nap.
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