"want" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- After winning a bronze medal, and not achieving the gold he sorely wanted, he announced his intention to turn professional.
- Elizabeth was so exhausted from her day's activities that she sorely wanted to smother Robin with her own sleeping mat, but she contained herself.
- "It was either get the water or wait for tea, and Luke sorely wanted coffee."
- I sorely wanted to sit still in my fever and think about him and say a silent good-bye.
- But by cutting off the negotiations now, the Democrats conceded several other summer programs they sorely wanted.
- Yet while the big set pieces are often exuberantly handled, the human details are sorely wanting.
- Covenant sorely wanted to speak with her.
- He sorely wanted cheerful company.
- I sorely wanted to be in the back of our pickup over at the Latchers', eavesdropping on the men as they handled the situation.
- He sorely wanted to be wrong about her, but probably she was just one of Thrax's minions.
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