desire
verb (used with object)
Example Sentences
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This may point to a mismatch where graduates aren’t building experience in the industries suited to their skills or desires.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
Part of their unofficial relationship homework involves field missions that spark heated conversations about masculine insecurity and Diarra’s conflicted desires about motherhood.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
But Elliot also has no idea how to verbalize his desires.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
The oleaginous Bruno becomes both personification and executor of Guy’s desires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
She would quickly subordinate her own desires to those of the family or the community, because she knew cooperation was the only way to survive.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
