Sentence examples for man wish from inspiring English sources

I would see it in old-car books and occasionally on the street and think, "Man, wish I had one of those".

(The radio dispatcher seems to assume that the driver is a guy. At one point she says, "What more could a man wish for?" Apparently it didn't occur to anyone at Angel Studios that women might also like to drive fast).

He later takes seven-year-old Yue Fei as his adopted son and sole heir years after the boy's father drowns in a great flood: "I see that he [Yue Fei] is clever and handsome and I, an old man, wish to have him as my adopted son.

The auction-house man wished to see that as well.

Surprisingly, this gentle and courteous man wishes theatre critics would be nastier.

Never has a man wished so much for a few foul balls so he could wash his hands.

WHEN a man wishes to run for president, he no longer announces the fact to voters, or chooses an issue on which to take a stand.

Posters bearing his face adorn each wall and corridor; an inapt iconography for a man wishing that the spotlight was not on him but the women he treats.

As the weapon increases, the likelihood of its being used in total war decreases, since no man wishes to disadvantage himself, and war would disadvantage all.

A young man wishing to get waited on in a crowded department store during the holiday rush asked for a clerk who spoke French and got immediate service.

In 1964, while on my honeymoon in Egypt, I was woken by a nervous Egyptian at midnight saying that an important man wished to see me.