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"was want" is not correct and usable in written English
It is not a complete sentence--it is missing a verb and subject. If you want to use it in a sentence, you can make it into a complete sentence by adding a verb and subject: "He was wanting to go to the store."
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was want
verb
To wish for or to desire (something).
Exact(13)
All you ever did was want to quit.
The press jumped on it and it was: "Want the mod look?
"We will always remember that somebody tried to kill five people and all they did was want to go to school," she said.
"I feel Peter Tosh was want to have adventures himself, him talented enough and mebbe him want something better than this".
The coalition was want doctors to be rated better and for the public's assessment via the friends of family test to take pride of place in the new system.
If a curious child ever did slip out of his mother's vice-like grip and come over, he or she would ask a few unabashed questions about what the problem was, want to press buttons on a few wheelchairs, and accept quite happily the explanations offered.
Similar(47)
She was wanted.
I was wanted in Paris.
Miliband's response was wanting.
He was wanted by the Danish police.
I was wanted by Air Force Intelligence.
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