wishing well

noun

1. a well or pool of water supposed to grant the wish of one who tosses a coin into it.

Example Sentences

There is a great difference between wishing well to a cause and supporting it in person.

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We expressed ourselves in various ways, but we were all sincere in wishing well for the Gordons.

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"Wishing well, however, hath not a body in it;" and our intents of to-day are oft-times marred by the events of to-morrow.

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I never blamed her for not wishing well to democracy—how should she?

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The philosopher in me tells me it does not matter when the twins fall down the wishing-well.

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