wishes

Example Sentences

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His social media feed is one long string of public appearances and birthday wishes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

One wishes it were closer to the scale of something by John Chamberlain or Viola Frey.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

It may be easy to say, but it’s hard for many people to do: communicating final wishes and sharing information about the location of critical documents.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

When the exhibition is over, it plans to mail the wishes to Ono’s studio in New York, which has so far amassed more than 2 million wishes internationally.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

“I wanted, oh so badly, to come here; and disregarded my mother’s wishes, and paid a big price to come,” she confided to her diary.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield