Sentence examples for desires to define from inspiring English sources

This initiative came as a result of Rwandan desires to define the future of their country in the wake of tragedy.

I noticed in myself a very strong contrary desire to define myself as a Northern European.

The desire to define by binary lists is natural enough, but it is rarely helpful.

What united Ms. Sontag's output was a propulsive desire to define the forces that shape the modernist sensibility.

Of course, the desire to define relational rights and responsibilities with a partner, to have access to the protection that this kind of commitment affords, is rather conservative.

The shift from traditional social work roles toward a more refined definition of tasks was catalysed by a desire to define the professionalism of the sector.

The claim is blatantly false, but it says a great deal about Mr. Romney's increasingly desperate desire to define the president as something he is not.

Thus, in Ms. Blank's construct, emerged a comprehensive desire to define both a heterosexual being and a range of acceptable heterosexual behaviors.

Nevertheless, Dr. Dick said, the transits of Venus remain important because the desire to define the astronomical unit -- and to maintain or gain scientific prestige -- led many nations to mount competing expeditions.

Nine thousand clouds in one rank, then, and about fifty thousand in the field of sight … Interwoven with the myth-making and the overwhelming emotion … there was always this desire to define".

The relationship has undergone changes from both sides in the past few years, with the Syrians more subtle in their management and the Lebanese more open in their desire to define its terms.