Example Sentences

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Erickson said not a day goes by without him wishing he did something different that day.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

After his death on April 8 last year, Satrapi founded the Mattias and Marjane Ripa-Satrapi Cinema Foundation to support foreign students wishing to come to Paris to study filmmaking.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Biographers wishing he might slow down so they could catch up are out of luck.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

That pattern goes back decades, with foreign companies often not wishing to risk the highly lucrative contracts they've secured by asking questions.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

“I’m not sure I know how to be a captain,” I said, wishing my voice sounded less serious.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller