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
If the wished-for rain doesn’t arrive soon, the country will produce nearly half as many olives as it did last year, according to Spain’s agriculture minister.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 6, 2022
Its one-word title, “Judd,” suits the artist’s view of his wished-for, worked-for place in history: so assured as to need neither qualifiers nor explanations.
From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2020
The wished-for embrace, of course, was not intended literally for me.
From Washington Post • Feb. 12, 2020
The long, long wished-for hour has come, Yet come, astor, in vain; And left thee but the wailing hum Of sorrow and of pain: My light of life, my lonely love!
From A Book of Irish Verse Selected from modern writers with an introduction and notes by W. B. Yeats by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)
