Politicians from across the political spectrum wished him a speedy recovery.
He wished to have them first taught, and proposed to gratify me handsomely if I would teach them.
How many times had that implacable spark, lighted within him, and upon him by the Bishop, dazzled him by force when he had wished to be blind!
My accountant wished me well and said not to worry—he’d already deducted his fee and Christmas tip from my estimated taxes.
I hated the slippery floor, stinking fish smell, and the deafening holler of the hawkers I just wished Mom would finish her shopping quickly so I could be home for my cartoon shows.
I wished to express my feelings-I wished to lift up my voice and sing.
The rulers of the new state dearly wished to be rid of their non-Jews.
When Ashley opened the door, Ann stood under her umbrella and wished the astonished woman a merry Christmas.
The fathers of the Republic, however, were isolationists only in the sense that they wished to shelter their democracy from foreign power.
MANY years after the end of the war in the Pacific, a former tail-gunner who had been stationed in New Guinea wrote a letter to a veterans' magazine. He wished to share his memories of a voice.
I wished I could erase that memory, if possible.
"Carmela wished to form a quadrille, but there was one lady wanting.
I know I have often wished for a mule or Sherpa or two while wedging yet another "indispensable" item into my suitcase.
He assured me that the mute gestures of these puppets gave him much satisfaction and told me bluntly that any dancer who wished to perfect his art could learn a lot from them.
He said I could try it again if I wished.
Have you ever wished to know why you are still struggling with your same life and why nothing is changed?
I became so uncomfortable with the lack of life in this woman that,much as I wished I felt differently,when the clock chimed 2:30 P.M.,I rushed to say good bye,stood up and pulled the reluctant Beau out.
A young girl who stood behind the counter asked her if she wished to examine the silky leg coverings.
while ranged about and fading away to the remote edges of the screen were antithetical scenes, each scene a picture, and he the onlooker, free to look at will upon what he wished.
Broadway tried a brave and novel approach: giving each homeless person hundreds of pounds to be spent as they wished.
As we departed, we hugged and wished each other well.
They wished to emphasize more fundamental issues.
After you shout an expletive, simply say the tamer word you wished you had said.
During every ultrasound, every obstetrician visit, every drip of Pitocin and dropping heartbeat of Fitzsimmons' 36-hour labor and emergency C-section, all I wished was for mother and baby to be OK.
That is well; you have wished to release the people from Royalty, and you deliver over your daughters to the police.
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