Sentence examples for were wishing for from inspiring English sources

After James fell hard to the court and clutched his left knee Sunday, no doubt there were some among the Garden loyalists who, if only for a devilish moment, were wishing for James to be carted off like Baron Davis in the playoffs last season.

Obamacare must be delayed for a year, which is exactly what Republicans were wishing for in the shutdown fight.

But then, just as much as these people were wishing and hoping for the Islamic terror wave they'd always wanted, others were wishing for the opposite.

We had come hoping to listen to these stories of the Arab Spring prior to the upcoming presidential election in 2012, hoping to begin to understand what Egyptians were wishing for at the dawn of their hopeful new democracy.

That is what I am wishing for.

Hope that is not what you are wishing for.

He wondered if Siyu was wishing for a different scenario.

"They had been wishing for this day to come".

If that's what you've been wishing for, your wishes are to come true.

"You can see that they are wishing for warm beach resort in Thailand or India".

So that's what he was wishing for when he stood at the plate.