Sentence examples for persistent desire for from inspiring English sources

The Concept links arms control and missile defense, upholding Russia's persistent desire for enforceable "legal guarantees" that any future missile defense system "will not be directed against Russian nuclear deterrent forces".

(Wiig, the thin, white heterosexual, is paradoxically the most disadvantaged of the four, hampered by both her high heels and her persistent desire for the prizes held up by the patriarchy: tenure at Columbia, a boyfriend who looks like Chris Hemsworth).

(One, for example, is "a persistent desire or unsuccessful efforts to cut down or control substance use").

Compared to that of women aged 21 25 years, the threshold for hazardous use was higher in women aged 18 20 years, but lower for used longer than intended and persistent desire to cut down.

2. Having a persistent desire to quit or cut down.

It was typical of what had been his persistent desire, even need, to make art.

Dr. Amble said that in an interview in March, Mr. Hayes said that "his persistent desire was to kill himself since his arrest," partly because he knew he would be held in isolating prison conditions for the rest of his life.

The elections, Packer says, show, despite "all the horror, the tragedy, the death, this persistent desire to be counted".

Success requires a persistent desire to improve and learn from failures.

The intensity of my fear correlates with a persistent desire to maximize the well-being of my child.

In spite of her wiliness, Scout's defining characteristic is her persistent desire to ask questions rather than make assumptions.