death wishes
- plural of death wish.
Example Sentences
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“But don’t ask me how I’ll vote in November. I’ve been on the receiving end of enough death wishes where it’s pretty soon for me to strap on the jersey with any authenticity.”
From Washington Post ● May 6, 2016
But the rapper-producer said that he has experienced enormous pain, been the subject of death wishes and suffered tremendous setback to his career.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 4, 2010
Others theorize latent death wishes or the need to act out and exorcise fears.
From Time Magazine Archive
Today, thanks to Freud, most people may not be overly shocked when they find themselves harboring occasional death wishes toward their parents.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is not difficult to accept that at that time the infantile death wishes against his father were newly awakened in our poet himself and were then projected externally in a series of powerful dramas.
From Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study by Sadger, J.
