Word Finder - wishing

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To desire; to want.

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I'll come tomorrow, if you wish it.

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To hope (+ object clause with may or in present subjunctive).

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(followed by for) To hope (for a particular outcome).

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(ditransitive) To bestow (a thought or gesture) towards (someone or something).

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We wish you a Merry Christmas.

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(followed by to and an infinitive) To request or desire to do an activity.

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To recommend; to seek confidence or favour on behalf of.

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The act of making a wish.

She waited, wishing she'd never come.

She dressed hurriedly in the clothes Sarah had loaned her and ran fingers through her hair, wishing she had a comb.

She looked away; wishing Connie hadn't brought it to her attention.

Maybe it was more a case of wishing it were so.

Yet, when the smell of bacon lured him to the kitchen, she found herself wishing he would address the subject.

He almost chortled at the ridiculous thought, wishing someone was there with him to tell.

Deidre approached unbidden and stood before him, wishing she understood him and their bond better.

Deidre sobbed, suddenly wishing she could go back and change whatever it was she did to start this chain of events.

She delved into her work, wishing that Brandon could be there.

Wishing she'd gone somewhere other than here.

She pressed herself against the door, almost wishing Romas would discover them.

He watched her sleep, wishing to know her dreams; wondering if he would ever see her face this serene again.

By now he was probably wishing he hadn't said anything.

Its prosperity did not return until about 18 9 4, when new harbour works made it a convenient port for grain ships coming light out of the Sea of Azov and wishing to complete their cargoes.

But I must not waste my time wishing idle wishes; and after all my ancient friends are very wise and interesting, and I usually enjoy their society very much indeed.

She gripped him around the waist, wishing she could crush the breath from him.

Aldo shot him in the leg, not wishing to kill him, which I assure you he could have easily done.

Deidre held his gaze, wishing she knew the right answer to anything.

Deidre looked from Harmony to Selyn, wishing she knew how to diffuse the situation in a way that Selyn was able to escape.

For a moment she sat still, wishing that it had continued.

He put the ring back and closed the jewelry box, wishing he could shut off his memories as easily.

She wasn't sure why she expected him to speak but found herself wishing he'd say something.

Rhyn felt suddenly jealous, wishing he could taste what smelled so wonderful.

He didn't just notice she was gone --he found himself wishing she wasn't.

She looked at the tattoo on her neck and slathered lotion on it, wishing it were paint.

It still smelled of him, and she couldn't help wishing he was there, even if all he did was piss her off.

Stopping at the top of the stairs, she wept silently, wishing to help him, but having not a clue how.

She clutched his wrists, the logical side of her brain preparing to remove his hands from her face, the emotional side wishing he would repeat the kiss.

She raced for the barn, for the first time wishing she had invested in that rifle Josh wanted her to buy.

Brady watched him, wishing they were closer to one of their secure facilities so he could make a call to Tim.

She had enough for a month, but after a few days, she found herself wishing for real food instead of the stale bars.

Rhyn listened to his brother pad away in the soft sand.  He'd spent thousands of years in Hell wishing to be dead-dead.  Tomorrow, he'd have his chance.

Rhyn looked around, wishing he could sense his mate.  She was alone in the underworld with a demon, a thought that made him incensed with the urge to find her.

I glared at her wishing that I had it in me to just knock her out.

Lori admitted to wishing Alex would leave her.

She smiled, honored he'd listen to a message that went against every part of who he was while desperately wishing she could be more assured about the outcomes she Saw.

Sofi shook her head and met each of their gazes again, wishing she could offer more assurances.

Jenn grated her teeth and climbed to her feet, wishing Bianca was there for another of her healing charges.

Taran glanced at him, wishing him gone.

Not wishing to see the dark Rissa from the morning return, he did not pursue.

He waited, wishing he knew what to say to repair the years of pain he'd caused his friend.

Taran bit his tongue, wishing he'd paid more attention to his words and less to the memories.

The emperor Caracalla, wishing to make use of this civil war for a conquest of the East in imitation of his idol, Alexander the Great, attacked the Parthians in 216.

Savoy, Genoa, Tuscany and Naples, wishing to avoid a rupture, yielded; but Venice resisted.

Justin had, no doubt, special reasons for wishing to see an end to the reign of Theodoric. Justin was orthodox, Theodoric was an Arian.

Three of the seven poets were drinking in a garden when Firdousi approached, and wishing to get rid of him without rudeness, they informed him who they were, and told him that it was their custom to admit none to their society but such as could give proof of poetical talent.

Near the village a "wishing well" of ancient fame is seen, and close to it the ruins of a baptistery of extreme antiquity.

Wishing to make this important privilege permanent, Russia by secret articles of the Treaty of Bucharest had secured the cession of this district, in return for an undertaking to destroy the forts of Kilia and Izmail on the Danube.

Wishing to remain neutral in the struggle between England and France, he went to fight in Italy.

On the 21st of January 1785 she announced that the queen would buy the necklace, but that not wishing to treat directly, she left the affair to a high personage.