Sentence examples for were desired from inspiring English sources
verb
To want; to wish for earnestly.
- I desire to speak with you.
Not until the 20th century were desired changes achieved.
He had orange traffic cones, available in "single collar" or "double collar," depending on how many shiny stripes were desired.
No one specified what sorts of policy changes were in order, or what sorts were desired, but Mr. Grant elicited a strong emotional response.
Greater opportunities for flexible working were desired by all survey respondents with 26% of men rating them as crucial for their future careers.
To identify detail mode shapes, sixty-two measurement points were desired.
The more the hedge funds charged and the more exclusive they were, the more they were desired.
Having too many children could complicate the family's economic well-being and prevent the necessary attention and support for the children who were desired.
No one ever tried to eliminate every living black person they could get their hands on; quite the contrary, they were desired as workers.
Senior military officers said today that Kyrgyzstan was the most likely place for the bulk of the aircraft, as it offered better airfields, but that Tajikistan would be home to American warplanes if greater numbers were desired.
There is no way that information so bad, so inaccurate and so just plain wrong about Iraq could have risen to the highest levels unless such reports were desired and expected by people in positions of authority.
As much as older consumers were to be shunned, young consumers — ages 18 to 34, or 18 to 49 — were desired for what were deemed their free-spending ways, eagerness to sample new products and brand-switching proclivities.
