8 sentences with “wishes”

The fairy godmother can grant you wishes.

The genie of the lamp granted wishes with his eloquent oratory.

The fairy granted wishes to mortals, using her magic and compassion.

A few nights ago, I saw a very bright shooting star. I made three wishes.

Slaveholders used both psychological coercion and physical violence to prevent slaves from disobeying their wishes.

The spot on its nose and the stripe along its back, both white, proclaim the presence of this creature, which no one wishes to confront.

The Duke of York had no desire to rule locally or to listen to the wishes of the local settlers. Therefore, it was not until 1683, almost 20 years after the English took control of the colony, that the colonists were able to convene a local representative legislature.

Adams argued: "Facts are obstinate things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence: nor is the law less stable than the fact; if an assault was made to endanger their lives, the law is clear, they had a right to kill in their own defence".