Sentence examples for It wanting from inspiring English sources

(They had recently barbecued a smelt and found it wanting).

I watched it wanting to like it, I guess.

I always come out of it wanting to work harder.

FiveThirtyEight tested that hypotheses and found it wanting.

Mum inspected the place and found it wanting.

We have weighed it, measured it and found it wanting.

But the IMF took a hard look (pdf) at the alleged evidence, and found it wanting.

Mr. Prochnik embraced it, wanting "to remain and sink deeper into it".

Or did he simply look at his background and find it wanting?

As a child, however, she had already taken her own measure and found it wanting.

And is some of it wanting to have a little credit as a hero?