want for nothing

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Not lack any necessities or comforts, as in He saw to it that his mother wanted for nothing. This term uses want in the sense of “lack.” “Mid-1600s”

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How to use want for nothing in a sentence

In the meantime, he should just accept that the holdup has nothing to do with his politics.
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So it might be me projecting my desires onto Archer to want to just get away from work for a few weeks.
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Models in Israel will have to maintain a BMI of 18.5 or higher if they want to stay employed.
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Why would “they” want to crush him just for attempting to buy something twenty years ago?
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One wants speech to be free, but one doesn't actually want to hear it.
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The vision—it had been an instantaneous flash after all and nothing more—had left his mind completely for the time.
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We should have to admit that the new law does little or nothing to relieve such a situation.
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Nothing remarkable occurred in our march through this country.
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Now first we shall want our pupil to understand, speak, read and write the mother tongue well.
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It was very warm, and for a while they did nothing but exchange remarks about the heat, the sun, the glare.
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