The phrase "a phase of wanting" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a period or stage in which someone has a strong desire or longing for something.
Example: "During a phase of wanting, she realized that her true passion lay in art rather than her corporate job."
Alternatives: "a period of desire" or "a stage of longing".
I wanted to go places, I wanted to meet people – I felt it was a phase of life I wanted to go for," she told Connie Fisher in an interview on BBC Television's Songs of Praise in 2013.
[Comment From Cate]: Did you want to be an author from a very young age, or did you go through childhood phases of wanting to be a fireman/astronaut/merman? NEIL GAIMAN: I wanted to be an author as far back as I can remember, mixed with occasional bouts of wanting to be a werewolf when I grew up.
I also still do believe that a scientist will go through many phases of wanting to learn about many different things, leaving the future with exciting possibilities.
These respondents, who had been employed in the National Department during this phase, spoke of wanting to improve health for all: "So there was a need to then say it was one country, and therefore, we need to reform this [country] and we need to have policies that respect everyone irrespective of race, colour or creed.
Andrey has entered a phase of his life where he wants to remain contained and unchanged within his own little world, and when he sees an old oak tree, "with branches broken off it ages ago and its old, cracked bark all scarred and broken", he finds communion with the tree: "He's right, that tree, a thousand times right...he and I know what life is.
He epitomises a phase of "crony capitalism" that the government wants to put behind it.
"I've been in a phase of taking the ones no one wants".
Regarding the anticipation phase, the results reflect an intensified state of wanting that facilitates action preparation when the participants play for their favorite brand.
