Examples of 'had wanted' in a sentence

Meaning of "had wanted"

Had wanted is a past tense phrase that indicates a desire or intention that existed in the past. It is commonly used to express regret, disappointment, or unfulfilled goals. This phrase is often used in storytelling or personal narratives to discuss past desires or wishes that were not realized

How to use "had wanted" in a sentence

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He had wanted to submit a practical reference document.
I know that guy had wanted to survive.
I had wanted it for such a long time.
I know what you had wanted to tell me.
He had wanted to convince that do not go away.
That was why she had wanted to know.
I had wanted to tell her plenty of times.
Because what she had wanted was to live.
You had wanted to meet him in yukata.
Whoever did this had wanted her to suffer.
I had wanted to catch the first train.
It was what he had wanted and asked for.
I had wanted to talk with you about it.
This is what he had wanted to avoid tonight.
I had wanted to deny till the end.

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His entire life he had wanted to be a poet.
Sakhi had wanted it as her birthday present.
No delegation had got all it had wanted.
Parece as if it had wanted to take a short cut.
I had wanted to nurture a pure literary presence.
Their uprising had wanted to talk to them.
I had wanted to be the one to tell you.
Was not that what she had wanted.
My father had wanted me to be a police officer like he was.
It was the same thing he had wanted before.
Neither had wanted to play their parts.
The guy i wanted had wanted you.
Junge had wanted to be an artist from childhood.
This is not how he had wanted to begin.
Potter had wanted to be an actress since childhood.
He had hit it harder than he had wanted.
Perry said he had wanted a different brand.
Had wanted her to see us on the throne.
I remember you had wanted to become a fireman.
I would have kept going if he had wanted to.
My husband had wanted us to have another child.
I will do as my dear child had wanted it.
Catherine had wanted to be strewn from a hilltop.
Claire and phillip had wanted a child.
If you had wanted to change the subject.
Different than that he had wanted to hear it.
If you had wanted to squeal on me to the police.
If somebody there had wanted to give me.
I had wanted to die so many times as a child.
Because they had wanted a son.
They had wanted a tougher prison sentence.
All these people had wanted her to leave.
We had wanted to find the museum anyway.
I knew they had wanted techno.
I had wanted the first night to be just us.

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