Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

I mean, it’s stuff that people have been wanting and all that’s happening, they’ve got subpoenas pending.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

“I have been wanting to go back and to do it right, and I am.”

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2025

He was really good, that's the type of Delap I have been wanting to see.

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2025

We were impressed by this pleasantly swanky Bellevue place when it was just a few months old, back in 2018, and have been wanting to revisit ever since.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2024

“Braah. I have been wanting to meet him.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole