Sentence examples for while wishing from inspiring English sources

Then the play actually started, and I spent a while wishing my seat had an ejection lever.

He watched his father die of typhoid fever in a concentration camp, all the while wishing that he would die sooner so Frister could steal his bread.

Making nice to rivals while wishing them death?

It was a refrain he repeated while wishing people "good Shabbos" as Friday evening approached.

Expelled from Rugby, he thinks to join the army, while wishing to avoid any risk of combat.

The most basic version involves holding someone's image in your mind, while wishing them happiness and safety.

Ms. Jacobs, while wishing her a happy birthday, discovered that one of the greatest jazz singers had never had a proper birthday party.

Not always, but every once in a while I wish I were a Russian billionaire.

But it all bored me, and once in a while I wished she were deaf and dumb.

You could admire Crecquillon's shimmering complexity while still wishing for an anchor as solid as the one Mouton provided.

Others among his admirers, while not wishing to diminish his novels, think of his theatrical work as his distinctive strength.