Sentences with 'desiring'
Example sentences and phrases with the word desiring and other words derived from it.
• « In particular, the middle colonies of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania had deeply divided populations. Loyalty to Britain manifested itself in many forms, from wealthy elites enjoying the pre-war status quo to runaway slaves desiring the freedom the British offered. »
• « As extensive as the Mexican Cession was, some argued that the United States should not be satisfied until it had taken all of Mexico. Many of those who opposed this idea were Southerners who, while desiring the annexation of more slave territory, did not want Mexico's large mestizo population (people of Indian and European descent) to become part of the United States. Others did not want to absorb a large group of Roman Catholics. »