Example Sentences

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"We think it's exactly the right direction, because it taps into the will, desire and capacity of Americans to welcome."

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2023

No doubt, people will desire robust and healing storytelling, but we have to ensure that we create an environment where theater is accessible to everyone.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2020

Were you able to ascertain, because he wouldn’t answer your questions completely, whether or if he ever ended that will desire to build that tower?

From Slate • Jul. 25, 2019

Children who attempt innovations, warned Socrates, acting as Plato's narrator, will desire a different sort of life when they grow up to be men, with other institutions and laws.

From Time Magazine Archive

I believe that once her pain diminishes, she will desire to eat again and then recover her strength.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein