wished-for

Example Sentences

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A teenage pop fan who was let down when a long wished-for meet and greet with her idol Melanie Martinez fell through at the last minute has been given a second chance.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2024

But even if you can’t, it is important to match your sleep duration to your actual rather than wished-for capacity for good sleep.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2022

Its one-word title, “Judd,” suits the artist’s view of his wished-for, worked-for and achieved place in 20th-century art history: so assured as to need no qualifiers.

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2020

They were part not of Giuliani’s past but of his wished-for future.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2019

Nothing could be more welcome to me, since I looked upon this as the long wished-for opportunity to approach nearer to the great man, and to profit by his remarks and corrections.

From Life of Beethoven by Schindler, Anton