Example Sentences

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"To have a name on that stone, that's what everybody has been wishing forever," Ivy Hill's Linda Tamburri said in a quote to CBS.

From Salon • Dec. 1, 2022

It is just what he has been wishing these many seasons.

From Nature Near London by Jefferies, Richard

"Karen has been wishing for you particularly to-night — but I don't know that that is any sign, except to the superstitious, that she is in particular danger."

From Hills of the Shatemuc by Warner, Susan

We have plenty of room, and Mrs. Baggert has been wishing for some one to nurse.

From Tom Swift Among the Fire Fighters, or, Battling with Flames from the Air by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]

Mamma has been wishing for you all day.

From Olive A Novel by Bowers, G.