Sentence examples for our wanting from inspiring English sources

It's no good "our" wanting him to be like "us" – any more than it is for Amis to pretend that his own irascible liberalism is free of ideological constraint.

Did you start our wanting to make a portrait film or a film about smoking?

Our wanting to reserve equal powers of reason as some universal heritage of humanity will not be enough to make it so".

John and I talked very specifically about our wanting it to evolve to a stronger and the most effective relationship that has existed to date.

The shaming of rape victims is just an extension of the pervasive shaming of women for having bodies, for our wanting to control them, to feel safe in them, to feel pleasure in them, even.

There are, however, prima facie counterexamples to taking desire satisfaction to be a necessary condition for pleasure, as Plato long ago pointed out (Philebus 51A-52C): we often enjoy things such as sights, sounds, and fragrances that may surprise us without our wanting them before, clinging to them when they are with us, or craving them after they are gone.

Whatever our residents want – our aim is to provide that".

"Our government wants our farmers to work," he said.

Reynolds added: "Their survival is beyond our wants and needs".

Our wants and likes from the vacation are so varied.

We confuse our wants with our needs.