Sentence examples for while wishing for from inspiring English sources

"For the Love of Man" is set to a comforting ballad melody, only to ponder fate while wishing for angels to "hear the voice that calls to them".

Bringing up children has brought different challenges to my generation of men who tread a fine line between emulating our fathers while wishing for something more.

After her death, Poe altered his personal view of fictional heroines who were sick and idealized sick women while wishing for their death.

If you've ever had to settle for less while wishing for more or if you've ever looked back at a specific point in your life and wondered, What could I have done differently?—La La Land cuts uncomfortably close to the bone.

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

Rampantly uncomfortable, dubiously assembled and devoid of fun, the 500L is the kind of car that Europeans drive because they have to, while secretly wishing for a Range Rover.

But the number of Americans supporting the idea of controlling gun ownership climbed to 66percentt while those wishing for more gun rights fell to 29percentt.

It is a testament to her art as a novelist that the reader never loses a sense of affection for Alice, even while wishing her quiet integrity could have been more forceful.

While she wishes for more sand in the launching area and portable showers so floaters can rinse off when they leave the river, Ms. Stane's critique is one that city officials will be glad to hear.

The 65-year-old, from Faversham, Kent, told The Independent that he believed the visa issue was being used by the Ugandan authorities to avoid being seen as persecuting homosexuals and that while he wished for the criminal case against to be formally dropped he was also glad "to escape this nightmare".

I started looking through the wine list (the restaurant's name means a hundred wines) and while I wished for more options at lower prices than there are, I enjoyed what amounted to a tour of Italy's regions from people who know them well.