Sentence examples for as desiring from inspiring English sources

In contrast to so many other actresses, she seemed as desiring as desirous, with the gift of a thrillingly unladylike appetite.

While no one is suggesting that China wants to extend its territory, it is seen as desiring greater influence over East and Southeast Asia.

In contrast, true pity involves not so much fearing pain as desiring it.

So the first assumption seeks to maintain a rigid separation in definitions; the second assumption seeks a definition that reveals complementarity; the third assumption can be seen as desiring to dispense with the business of the first two assumptions altogether.

It is distinguished from mental states such as desiring or anticipating in that imagining S does not require that the subject wish or expect S to be the case, whereas the contrasting states do.

The same is obviously true, suggests Dennett, of many of our everyday automatic behaviors such as "desiring to breathe clear air" in a stuffy environment.

Taste and adjust as desired.

Color in as desired.

Blend colors as desired.

Finish off as desired.

Paint your flag as desired.