Sentence examples for imaginary wish from inspiring English sources

Or, in the language of The Interpretation of Dreams, a wish can be satisfied by an imaginary wish fulfillment.

As with so many summer aspirations, this one went the way of good intentions: articulated and then discarded, returned to the realm of imaginary reading, more wish than fulfillment, not unlike the flicker of a dream.

But the genius of Frank's creator, Richard Ford, lies in reversing the imaginary formula Frank wishes he had; Ford enlarges what might otherwise appear tiny, and Frank himself is the crucial factor in the equation.

Heavily influenced by Platos pedagogic masterpiece Critias, The Devils Guide to Hollywood is constructed as a sort of open letter to an imaginary neophyte who wishes to learn how to write scripts about blast-furnace ballerinas and cold-blooded murderers who refuse to wear underwear, even though by doing so he shall lose his very soul.

"I feel, in a funny kind of way, that Martin has an imaginary friend because I wish I'd had one," he smiles.

Edward Albee's Martha is a mother you wouldn't even wish on an imaginary child.

-Create an imaginary truck that your group wishes to market and an imaginary truck that is your car's main competitor.

-Create an imaginary car that your group wishes to market and an imaginary car that is your car's main competitor.