Sentence examples for professed desire from inspiring English sources
The verbal maneuvering seems to signal that Russia's political position vis-à-vis Mr. Snowden has been complicated further by his now publicly professed desire to stay here.
Any criticism of Léna, whose professed desire is for some vaguely undefined "freedom," is countered with a mixture of furious denial and self-reproach.
Absent some late-life efflorescence, "To Kill a Mockingbird" will be it for her, despite a once professed desire to become "the Jane Austen of south Alabama" and a claim, in the years just after the novel's publication, to be spending between six and twelve hours a day at her desk.
Despite the founders' professed desire not to cater just to a "clique of hipsters," Flavorpill's subscriber traffic, ad trade and growing cultural influence depend on the "cultural filtering" of staff members who would not have to change much if they wanted to attend Flavorpill's ultracool Halloween party dressed as a clique of hipsters.
Much has been made of Meachams professed desire to emulate the Economist; but a comparison between the two magazines suggests a different kind of savior is the only practical path out of oblivion.
Critics scoff at Mr. Obama's professed desire for a debate.
Black metal professed a desire to change the world.
Flaubert himself professed a desire to write a novel "about nothing".
Jennings is sixty-three and his contract expires early this summer; for years, he has professed a desire to go back to reporting.
Though InBev professed a desire to make a friendly deal, it showed little hesitation in going hostile.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York engineered a Wall Street bailout and, in the immediate aftermath, regulators and investors professed a desire for change.
