What's the allure of a pseudo-relationship with a woman you have no desire to meet, or touch?
Like Gates, Zuckerberg has infinite wealth, and he seems monomaniacal in his desire to see Facebook beat back any and all rivals.
Yes, I understand that he fought hard to be head of this nation and we gave him his desire.
In the New York Times earlier this year, he described the two-state solution as "crucial" and expressed a desire for negotiations.
The attention to detail is the same, the desire to replicate a real object is identical.
Why should I desire to come into any individual's area-window instead of the door?
Every one voted for himself, and could not have been influenced by his desire.
Now surely this was a day of good fortune, for again Dickie had his desire.
They act only between impulses of desire and fear of fathers or husbands.
If he is so strong in the arm and active as is reported, I desire he will imitate me.
early 13c., from Old French desirrer (12c.) "wish, desire, long for," from Latin desiderare "long for, wish for; demand, expect," original sense perhaps "await what the stars will bring," from the phrase de sidere "from the stars," from sidus (genitive sideris) "heavenly body, star, constellation" (but see consider). Related: Desired; desiring.
c.1300, from Old French desir, from desirer (see desire (v.)); sense of "lust" is first recorded mid-14c.