Sentence examples for desire past from inspiring English sources

Old English þencan "imagine, conceive in the mind; consider, meditate, remember; intend, wish, desire" (past tense þohte, past participle geþoht), probably originally "cause to appear to oneself," from Proto-Germanic *thankjan (cognates: Old Frisian thinka, Old Saxon thenkian, Old High German denchen, German denken, Old Norse þekkja, Gothic þagkjan).

Women, research has shown, are less cognizant of genital arousal, and probably for this reason, Viagra-like substances haven't done enough to raise women's ratings of desire in past experiments, even while the chemicals have added to blood flow.

On this view, Epicureans cannot show that desires are harmlessly thwarted by death and posthumous events on the grounds that such desires are past at the time death or posthumous events thwart them.

In some cases mobile-phone assessment led to a preoccupation with ones thoughts, and comparisons between the individual's real, desired and past mental states.

A qualitative study of mobile-phone based clinical assessment for psychosis recently published in this journal found that whilst the use of mobile and smart phones were "well integrated" into users' everyday activities, "In some cases mobile-phone assessment led to a preoccupation with ones thoughts, and comparisons between the individual's real, desired and past mental states".

Ronaldo rose, rippling with power and desire to get past the nearest defender.

There, rippling still with power and desire to get past the nearest defender, Ronaldo rose.

In Israel, reaction to Australia's decision was muted, apparently reflecting a desire to move past the killing.

It is borne out of an apparently genuine desire and his past position as a communities minister.

A senior law enforcement official said Wednesday night that the official was President Obama, but that Mr. Nafis's desire never got past the talking stage.

Scholars say the decision to act on a desire depends on past positive associations that a person has between a particular stimulus and a behavior.