English example sentences with "wanting"

Learn how to use wanting in a English sentence. Over 100 hand-picked examples.

Not wanting is the same as having.

I never see her without wanting to kiss her.

Then the wild beasts start wanting to go crazy.

Soon I found myself wanting to meet him and talk to him.

I'm very serious about wanting to be a good magician.

I don't recall ever wanting to be a fireman or a baseball player as a youth.

Bomb-making criminals frequently have the motive of wanting public attention.

He is by no means wanting in courage.

He is wanting in common sense.

He is wanting in courage.

He is wanting in courtesy.

They are wanting in industry.

Don't you always sleep like a log yourself? I can understand your feelings of wanting them to enjoy their meal but don't be in such a rush.

Not wanting to boast but I've never got better than a 3 on my report card for home economics. Out of 10 that is.

When I'm with a crying baby, I end up wanting to cry myself!

I've been wanting to see you.

It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.

Wanting to protect me from myself is about as ingenious as saving a fish from drowning.

I have been wanting to ask you a question.

Is there anyone else wanting to eat?

"What does this have to do with me wanting to get my hair cut?" "They have hair in London?"

Happiness is probably wanting what you already have, not having what you want.

You're the one I've been wanting to meet.

Tom decided to go ahead and ask Mary the question he had been wanting to ask.

I don't remember ever wanting to become a fireman or a baseball player when I was young.

Wanting to build a snowman, the children eagerly awaited the first snow.

Is the concept of wanting to colonize Mars worthwhile?

I have been wanting to kiss you since the moment I saw you.

There is a big difference between learning a language in order to understand or to say something if needed, and wanting to acquire a second language in order to command it freely, almost like you command your first language, your mother tongue.

You can't blame Tom for wanting to leave.

You can't blame Tom for wanting to spend time with Mary.

I can't blame Tom for not wanting to come.

Wanting things makes us happier than actually having them.

I've been wanting to ask you something.

I've been wanting to do that all day.

I've been wanting to meet you for years.

I've been wanting to talk to you.

I have my reasons for wanting to go.

I can't imagine anyone wanting to see that movie twice.

I can't imagine many people wanting to read this book more than once.

There's a woman in a wheelchair wanting to talk to you.

"Look at me," said the Fox. "For the silly reason of wanting to study, I have lost a paw." "Look at me," said the Cat. "For the same foolish reason, I have lost the sight of both eyes."

That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

Data is capable of wanting to be free, as Roger Clarke knows.

You're wanting to exchange your car for a more modern one.

Tom stared at the floor, not wanting to say anything.

Tom had a good reason for wanting to leave the house.

There's something that I've been wanting to say to you for a long time.

I've been wanting to see that movie for a long time.

There's something that I've been wanting to ask you.

There's something I've been wanting to ask you.

There's something I've been wanting to ask you, Tom.

I don't blame you for not wanting to go.

You can do anything you want as soon as you start not wanting to do anything you can’t do.

A child not wanting to go to school can be a sign that it's being bullied.

This fantasy of wanting to live in poverty is a silly woman's dream.

I've been wanting to do that for a very long time.

I've been wanting to do that for a long time.

Can you hear the cat? She's wanting in.

A guy who's always interested in the condition of the world, and changing it, either has no problems of his own, or refuses to face them... not wanting to face things of his own nature.

I tell you this without wanting to be argumentative and in all friendship.

I've been wanting to ask you out for a long time.

Spinoza saw, and I think with great profundity, that if a falling stone could reason, it would think, "I want to fall at the rate of thirty-two feet per second per second." Free will for us—that is, when we feel desire, when we are conscious of wanting to do what we do—may be even for us an illusion.

Tom now has enough money to buy the guitar he's been wanting to buy.

The job was so routine that it left the restless Fadil wanting more.

That left Fadil wanting more.

Fadil befriended Dania under the guise of wanting to be closer to God.

I've been wanting to do this for a very long time.

I've been wanting to learn French for a long time.

I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there.

The job was so routine that it left the restless Sami wanting more.

That left Sami wanting more.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

Tom said that he's been wanting to visit Boston for a long time.

Tom said that he's been wanting to do that for a long time.

Tom said that he's been wanting to do that.

Tom said that Mary has been wanting to do that ever since she was a little girl.

Tom said that Mary has been wanting to visit Boston for a long time.

I've been wanting to do that, too.

Tom said that Mary has been wanting to do that for a long time.

Tom said that Mary has been wanting to do that.

The assurance and jauntiness which generally marked his demeanour and dress were however, wanting.

Mary decided to go ahead and ask Tom the question she'd been wanting to ask.

Mary said that she's been wanting to visit Boston for a long time.

Mary said that she's been wanting to do that for a long time.

Mary said that she's been wanting to do that.

Tom and Mary said that they've been wanting to visit Boston for a long time.

Tom and Mary said that they've been wanting to do that for a long time.

Tom and Mary said that they've been wanting to do that.

When the house is renovated and refurnished, all that he will need will be a wife to make it complete. Between ourselves, there are pretty clear signs that this will not be wanting if the lady is willing, for I have seldom seen a man more infatuated with a woman than he is with our beautiful neighbour, Miss Stapleton.

Sami has been wanting to tell Layla this.

Hurry to heal yourself before wanting to heal others.

Nor have seen her since that day, / nor sought, nor missed her, till in Ceres' fane / we met at length, and mustered our array. / There she alone was wanting of our train, / and husband, son and friends all looked for her in vain!

I've been wanting to ask you a question.

Things went on much as before, but after a time I began to find that there was a bit of a change in Mary herself. She had always been so trusting and so innocent, but now she became queer and suspicious, wanting to know where I had been and what I had been doing, and whom my letters were from, and what I had in my pockets, and a thousand such follies.

I can't blame you for not wanting to come.

Tom said he's been wanting to visit Australia for a long time.

Tom said that he's been wanting to visit Australia for a long time.

Tom said Mary has been wanting to visit Australia for a long time.

Tom said that Mary has been wanting to visit Australia for a long time.

Sami has been wanting to hear this story.

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