Sentence examples for wanting upon from inspiring English sources

The guiding equation of childhood is need, and whether your needs have been met or gone wanting, upon adolescence they're replaced wholesale by the entirely different condition of desire, of the kind that parents, qua parents, are inherently unequipped to address.

She was authorized, however, to leave the principal to whomever she wanted upon her death, Mr. Hafetz said.

Perhaps there are no policies the nation has followed that we would want, upon reflection, to change.

Iraq responded with contempt, calling the report a collection of "exaggeration and lies" and saying United Nations weapons inspectors would be granted "unfettered access" to go wherever they wanted upon their expected return to Iraq in the next several weeks.

His parents lavished almost anything that he wanted upon him, including food, and he became overweight, a condition he lived with for the rest of his life.

Not to say the baby will or won't be wanted upon birth, but you can't assume the pregnancy is happening under positive terms.

Put the window you want upon other apps.

He said: "There are Britons who upon wanting to leave have been threatened with death, either directly or indirectly".

As I wandered from exhibit to exhibit, I found myself wanting to come upon something by somebody who knew exactly what he or she was up to.

By the 1980s, Renbourn was taking a more analytical approach to his music, wanting to build upon his earlier formal music studies.

But both companies are seen as wanting to build upon their already substantial cards businesses.