Sentence examples for sole wish from inspiring English sources

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My sole wish was that he hadn't been remembering the Duchess of Windsor, who had donated the dress.

My sole wish was to plunge into the heart of human misery, and to say to afflicted people as I now knew I could: 'I understand.

His sole wish is to quit Iraq (a diplomatic post in Australia, he explains, would do nicely), and he has information, useful to the Americans, that might hasten his departure.

In this sermon he wrote, "to live and die as a pastor in a peaceful country town, among honest people, has always been my sole wish, up to this hour; it was what I wished for in the happiest and in the darkest moments of my life".

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It seems as though his only wish - or perhaps, it could be said, his sole mission in life - is to see Iran in a permanent relationship with the US".

But in Tucson, visits to the stationery store excepted, the most cheering postponement I'd come up with was a walk out along the Old Spanish Trail toward the Tanque Verde foothills, where I could examine close up the fiercest saguaros and prickly pears, scrutinize the ground for arrowheads and snakes, pocket pretty rocks, imagine being lost or a sole survivor, wish I were an Indian.

While watching "Get Out," I was well aware I wasn't the only one grabbing at my armrest after a jump-scare, nor was I the sole viewer wishing our hero would get the heck out of dodge — I could hear my row-mates chiming in with similar sentiments or nervously laughing off scary moments.

"These Texas laws deny plaintiffs access to the institution of marriage and its numerous rights, privileges, and responsibilities for the sole reason that Plaintiffs wish to be married to a person of the same sex".

Conflicts often stemmed from competition among tribes that wished the sole control of a specific trade route.

As a result, his sole romantic gesture leaves you wishing that the object of his belated affection would run for the hills.

His first sole editing credit was on One Wish Too Many (1956) for the Children's Film Foundation.

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