Example Sentences

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“Here, we would have liked to see greater long-term legal and planning certainty, to which the U.S. side must also contribute,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

“While we would have liked a harsher sentence that better reflects the pain of the Kessler family, we respect the legal process,” Farkas said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Still, the president must have liked what he had heard.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026

“Could some of them quibble that they missed more of yesterday’s rally than they would have liked? Sure, but no one ever went broke by taking a profit,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

Of course, I would have liked it if we had all spent the summer together, but Audrey and I’d had a really fun time.

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence