Sentence examples for supposed desire from inspiring English sources

"It has nothing to do with the supposed desire of France to limit American power".

Most of that speculation has centered around his supposed desire to protect the good name of Penn State football, as well as his own pristine image.

When many in the Muslim world blamed Israel and its supposed desire to discredit Islam for the Sept. 11 attacks, most Americans dismissed the report as a deformed joke.

While there is a chance Jackson would turn down a Lakers offer, Bryant's supposed desire to play for someone else is the major reason Jackson is not expected to return.

But last week, The Associated Press had to eat its words after running a news article about Paris Hilton's supposed desire to publicize the plight of elephants in northeastern India.

The unions, CGT, CFE-CGC and FO, said the UK government's supposed desire for a swift resolution had been cited by EDF's leadership as a key reason to vote in favour of the project.

None of the backlash against Obama (for his supposed desires to make America a European socialist country, his regulations on banks that are supposedly restricting economic growth, his inclination to give in to Republican desires, etc).

Strong language often involves naming things you desire but aren't supposed to desire; at the very least, it aims to upset power structures that may seem a bit too arbitrary.

As Marcuse puts it, "he desires what he is supposed to desire" (Marcuse 1955: 46).

A scarred female body that we are not supposed to desire can be a political act.

Her "bad judgment," her supposed "continued desire to be with 'bad men'" is constantly brought up at every parole hearing to prove she is unsuitable.