Sentence examples for want of a from inspiring English sources

What more did you want of a game?

It is the want of a cat.

Mischievous, for want of a better word".

That is, for want of a better word, silly.

He suffered instead the terrible want of a sweet tooth.

Six days without power for want of a fuse.

For want of a better word, we're talking about collectors.

So ordinary people hesitate, in want of a reliable guide.

If you were, for want of a better word, safer?

The problem is not a want of a solution.

This entire discussion may be, for want of a better word, academic.