5 sentences with 'wanting'
Example sentences and phrases with the word wanting and other words derived from it.
• « This textbook attempts to address at least some of those stories, but here it will be found wanting by many. »
• « Instead, however, Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev engaged carefully in behind-the-scenes diplomacy, both realising what was at stake in the conflict and, fortunately for world history, not wanting to destroy the world in the name of national pride. »
• « The first time his sister-in-law invited him to dinner, she served him tomato aspic. Ben hated aspic, but, wanting to flatter her, he said enthusiastically, "How tasty you made it!" She was so flattered, she never forgot it.... and for the next 15 years she served Ben aspic every time he came to her house! »
• « The foreshore and seabed controversy was under heavy debate in 2004. The foreshore and seabed debate involved the Maori wanting ownership of New Zealand beaches, as they saw it a customary right. This claim was based around the fact that Maori used to 'own' the beaches before Europeans came to New Zealand, and the Treaty of Waitangi stated that Maori could keep their lands and possessions. »