wishing

Example Sentences

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“It was a child wishing that their parents’ visa would be approved,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

After his death on April 8 last year, Satrapi founded the Mattias and Marjane Ripa-Satrapi Cinema Foundation to support foreign students wishing to come to Paris to study filmmaking.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Biographers wishing he might slow down so they could catch up are out of luck.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Fans have posted comments under a post on Bonnie Tyler's Facebook page wishing her well.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

“I’m wishing I would’ve dragged some of those survival crackers down here with me.”

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein