Sentence examples for private desire from inspiring English sources

Private desire becomes a public issue.

The conflict between public duty and private desire.

In essence, Ms. Neuenschwander has turned private desire into collective responsibility.

With his hints at private desire and reticence, Mr. Johns is a control freak.

Moss, Green said, has a burning desire to win, but it's a private desire.

But despite that private desire, Mourinho has said nothing publicly, out of respect for his friend Van Gaal.

How can private desires be reconciled with public responsibilities?

The cerebral Aschenbach summons extraordinary discipline and endurance in his literary work, but his private desires overwhelm him.

But, in even the most perverse installments, there's a delicacy, a humane concern at how easily our private desires can be mined in the pursuit of profit.

Their contorted shapes are meant to reflect the collision of forces that shape contemporary cities, from zoning regulations to the private desires of residents.

(Her private desires are more outré: she masturbates while watching Obama speak about democracy, as her boyfriend sleeps next to her).