desires
Example Sentences
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Through her coaching service, Mann helps people explore wigs, scarves, or going completely bald, depending on their desires.
From Slate • May 23, 2026
For Leslie Fiedler, the greatest works of American literature were those that engaged with terrible fears and forbidden desires.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Their anxieties don't weigh the book down, though - the characters' coping strategy is to process them with a heavy dose of flippant humour, or switch focus to the night's more immediate desires and dramas.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
“We talked about my life experience in Iowa, and then I kind of knew from the beginning what I wanted, so I made those desires clear to her,” Berry said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
She shrugged again, a silent comment about the inexplicable desires of the nobility.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
