Sentence examples for have wanted from inspiring English sources

Suggestions(5)

have wished

have appointed

have represented

have insisted

have intended

'have wanted' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to express that you have had a desire or longing for something in the past. For example: "I have wanted to go to Paris since I was a child."

Exact(59)

It's what she'd have wanted.

The New York Times

I would have wanted to see me!

The New York Times

You could hardly have wanted greater variety.

The New York Times - Arts

"It must have wanted to get hit.

The New York Times - Magazine

They seem to have wanted to emigrate.

Independent

Not the start Gloucester would have wanted.

Independent

"It's what Clare would have wanted.

The New York Times - Health

Was this "what he would have wanted"?

The New Yorker

Or they might not have wanted to.

The New Yorker

Would Butler have wanted to rejoin?

Independent

Just as Alan Fletcher would have wanted.

The New York Times

More suggestions(15)

have liked

have waited

have prefered

have wait

characterized wanted

participated wanted

involved wanted

given wanted

have really

incorporated wanted

have like

left wanted

representatives wanted

have applications

have necessary

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