Sentence examples for wished was from inspiring English sources

"I wish — " But what he wished was not spoken.

And McCain is like the head counselor who led all the hikes and who you wished was your older brother.

"Never answer the question that is asked of you, but the question you wished was asked of you," he said.

The notorious practice of dragonnades, the billeting of soldiers in Protestant homes with permission to behave as brutally as they wished, was introduced.

But it does suggest that Advance's belief that it had New Orleans to itself and could do as it wished was deeply mistaken.

He was rich in the 1980's, living in what he described as a mansion, gilded on the inside, "that all the generals wished was theirs".

His wish was granted.

Earlier this month, his wish was fulfilled.

His wish was amply granted.

His wish was not fulfilled.

This wish was granted.