"desire" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- This vision doubled her long-standing desire to become a nun.
- The lawyers wrote, "Mr. Clinton took the opportunity to sexually assault her just outside the Oval Office, apparently fulfilling a long-standing desire of his."
- The project fulfilled Carpenter's long-standing desire to make a martial arts film.
- Hence the long-standing desire of many colonial administrators to establish a unified structure became feasible.
- Indeed, Mr. Miller said the sites satisfy a long-standing desire among shoppers.
- On April 18, 1887, Leskov wrote a letter to Tolstoy asking for permission to visit him in Moscow so as to fulfill a "long-standing desire".
- Damon shows that he has nurtured a long-standing desire to reunite with Katherine throughout the first season.
- Maplewood High School opened its doors in 1956 to a community that had a long-standing desire for a school.
- Her long-standing desire to work as an actress finally came true at age 18.
- The Singaporean Ambassador has again drawn my attention to his country's long-standing desire to conclude a free trade agreement with the EU.
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