Sentence examples for were wished from inspiring English sources
noun
A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen
Her freedom and independence were wished on her like a curse.
The waitress thanked us profusely, asked us our names, and as we left, having happily enjoyed two glasses of grappa on the house, we were wished "Good night, Ginny" and "Good night, David," by everyone.
My Asian American adversaries, for that is what they were, wished to partake of privilege, rather than challenge it. .
Furthermore, in a public survey in 2008, attitudes of laypeople toward life-prolonging treatments differed between their own end-of-life conditions and their family members': such treatments were wished for family members more than for themselves [ 10].
Nor can politics be wished away.
They cannot be wished away.
'Tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished.
And these differences cannot be wished away.
Financial realities can't be wished away".
Moreover, Iraqi nationalism cannot be wished away.
Isis cannot simply be wished away.
