Sentence examples for been desired from inspiring English sources

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been desired

verb

To want; to wish for earnestly.

  • I desire to speak with you.

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The enforced rest may not have been desired – "It's been frustrating more than anything.

That is why Apple is releasing two new iPhones this month instead of just one, including a cheaper model aimed at less wealthy countries where new Apple phones have been desired but are out of reach because of their price.

"The armed forces are just seizing an opportunity to revive a program that has long been desired but long lain dormant," Egon Heck, executive secretary of the Indigenous Missionary Council, a Roman Catholic church group, said in an interview in Brasília, the capital.

The Royal's production of Romeo And Juliet, for instance, was recently redesigned at her insistence (the old sets being "in tatters"), and although the changes had been desired by Sir Kenneth during his lifetime, and although they had been implemented by the original designer Nicholas Georgiadis, they met with angry resistance from several older dancers, critics and fans.

In addition, because the compiler selected material from what had already been written, the reader was referred to the past, and, although he or she could enjoy the heritage of the preceding cultures, the reader was not being put in touch with as much of the contemporary world as might have been desired.

When an interpretation has been required, the courts have had the responsibility to give it, taking into consideration the "spirit" of the code in an effort to apply to each case the solution that would have been desired by the legislator.

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Being desired makes one desirable.

The election leaves much to be desired.

Excellence is desired, but not required.

Being desired is part of her identity.

It left a lot to be desired.

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