Sentence examples for desires toward from inspiring English sources

"toward" is a common preposition and can be used in written English
It is typically used to express motion in a particular direction. For example, you could say, “She had strong desires toward success.”

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Finally, there are objects that seem to have beliefs and desires, toward which we take the "intentional stance".

It isn't really until the emergence of the lion as an emblem for national pride in England that the animal was perceived as heroic, which could possibly explain how — via literary and cinematic incarnations such as a the work of CS Lewis, or popular turns of phrase such as 'lionheart' — the animal has ultimately come to represent Calvin Harris' protective desires toward Taylor Swift.

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They can project themselves by means of thought and desire toward the infinite.

With the expansion of the Web, the desire toward global cooperation in the distributed simulation technology has also been on the rise.

Ayala rarely feels desire toward women she meets, but TV characters are another matter.

And as the New York Times just editorialized, some politicians like it that way and have done what they can to keep us ignorant of our choices and to keep our doctors ignorant of what we desire toward our ends.

1994) (defining homosexual as "of, relating to, or characterized by a tendency to direct sexual desire toward another of the same sex" and "of, relating to, or involving sexual intercourse between persons of the same sex" [emphases added]).

Finally, boys and girls who perceived themselves as having a high mate value showed more dating desire toward an attractive potential partner compared to adolescents who perceived themselves as having a low mate value.

Holding the knife blade horizontally, make as many cuts as desired toward the fork (the more cuts, the finer the chop).

Peppering a steak beforehand is also popular but herbs and spices can scorch (black pepper is fairly resistant); apply them before serving or if a little wilting, tenderizing, or cooking-in is desired, toward the end of cooking at lower temperature.

Quirky Fact: Puffins, those adorable black and white yellow-billed birds, were once prevalent in the Gulf of Maine until the late 1880's when women's desires turned toward hats with large feathers.

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