Sentence examples for once wanting from inspiring English sources

With its conflicting message and goal, the site seemed to perfectly encapsulate Mr. Cuomo himself at the moment, at once wanting to be a Big Deal but worried about becoming a Big Deal.

That's part of the tension of ethical decision making: at once wanting things to be ideal while at the same time realising that we as limited and finite creatures can only produce incomplete solutions.

SUN CITY CENTER, Fla.— Senator John McCain stepped up his attacks on his Republican rival Mitt Romney on Saturday, accusing him of once wanting to withdraw from Iraq and likening him to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in his approach to the conflict.

At once wanting to get in the river and not.

I accepted happily, impressed that, for once, they aimed to disrupt the 'wisdom must be male' never-ending story - and, by the way, for once, wanting to feature a woman who's a badass, over 26 and not simply bursting out of a bikini.

He once wanted to be famous.

She once wanted to be an artist.

The Navy once wanted 24 of them.

People forget what they once wanted".

He once wanted to be a Roman Catholic priest.

Anna Fruen, Cardiff I once wanted to be prime minister.