Example Sentences

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A man in the darkness, he had whispered "I love you" when she was desiring love.�

From Howards End by Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan)

Miss Nelson, who looked worried and over-tired, was desiring her pupils to take their places.

From The Children of Wilton Chase by Meade, L. T.

"I received a letter from your house, this morning," said the victim, for such he really was, "desiring me to call, as you had some communication to make that would be to my advantage."

From The Last Penny and Other Stories by Croome, William

There was a general disinclination indeed to push matters to either extreme, a general shrinking from the persecution which the Catholic called for as from the destruction which the Protestant was desiring.

From History of the English People, Volume IV by Green, John Richard

Ḥuseyn himself was not commissioned to offer Ḳurratu'l 'Ayn as a member of the new society, but the Bāb 'knew what was in man,' and divined what the gifted woman was desiring.

From The Reconciliation of Races and Religions by Cheyne, Thomas Kelly