Example Sentences

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Madeline—who certainly is a wanter, and probably knows it—gets defensive.

From Slate • Jun. 10, 2019

When she says, “I’m a wanter myself. I want my son back” she isn’t just making any old gesture: she’s reaching for where the tears usually are.

From Slate • Jun. 10, 2019

He hev been pompered an' fattened by bein' let ter eat an' sleep so much, till he be so heavy ter his self he don't wanter take the trouble ter git about.

From The Phantoms of the Foot-Bridge and Other Stories by Murfree, Mary Noailles

“That’s what we wanter know, ’cause Dil wants to go an’ take me.

From In Wild Rose Time by Douglas, Amanda M.

I jes’ wanter lib an’ die in de Ol’ Co’ner House, w’ich same has been my home endurin’ twenty-four years—ya-as’m!”

From The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did by Hill, Grace Brooks