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"express a desire" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when you are talking about someone's state of wanting something, or when you wish to emphasize a person's natural inclination to want something. For example: "She expressed a desire to travel to Europe this summer."
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Others express a desire for political developments that would please Mr Ahmadinejad.
Many of her characters express a desire for revenge over reconciliation.
Yes, Doc did express a desire to travel 25 years ahead in time.
Is the disguise a joke, or racist mockery – or does it also express a desire?
Those who express a desire to kill the Jersey Devil are rejected.
Exotic Locations, Modern Amenities Boomers continue to be intrepid explorers, even as many express a desire for creature comforts.
They express a desire to preserve vanishing cultural markers like Cockney speech and the crunching sound of manual typewriters.
In our age of pinging distractions, people often express a desire to "be present," but Johnson belies such sentimentality.
Or does it express a desire to sustain a dreamlike atmosphere and give those stories a new, contemporary slant?
Mr. Grushow, who is known as a hands-on executive, did express a desire for Mr. Herzog to remain.
Nacer Chadli has become the latest Tottenham player to express a desire to leave after struggling to adapt to the Premier League.
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