Examples of 'wished' in a sentence

Meaning of "wished"

wish (verb) - to have a desire or hope for something to happen
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  • simple past tense and past participle of wish

How to use "wished" in a sentence

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But now she wished she was wrong.
I wished the same thing had happened to me.
I know you wished for that too.
He wished to stress five main points in particular.
People wondered and wished they could do it.
She wished to make a number of general recommendations.
No child ever wished this from a star.
I wished someone would rob the bank.
You have never wished me luck before.
I wished to hell someone had shown up to help me.
That one person wished he had not.
I have wished him dead a thousand times.
Not the night you wished for.
Master wished you to have them sir.
I could not have wished for more.

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You wished on one for a bike once.
She went with them because she wished to.
Dad always wished there had been more of us.
My mother said that you wished to see me.
That she wished she would chosen me.
Climate change can not be wished away.
Niger wished for more studies to be conducted.
Her delegation therefore also wished to comment on it.
Most of them wished to be sent to a third country.
Here is the brother you wished to see.
I have never wished to live like a nabob.
And able to become anything that is wished.
I wished you would been sitting there with me.
You said you wished to speak with us.
I wished that this journey would go on forever.
His organization wished to table three amendments.
I wished that my brother had never been born.
You said you wished she was dead.
He wished to raise four issues in that connection.
Mary said she wished she were rich.
He wished to make some revisions to the text.
Everything you ever wished for is yours.
She wished to save her own life.
But at that moment we wished her dead.
He therefore wished to receive detailed clarification in writing.
Not getting everything you wished for.
I thought you wished to escape this place.
God knows it was never planned or wished for.
I particularly wished some books to be returned tonight.
Other meetings were not as regular as might be wished.
You wished you had not been born.
Did you get what you wished for.
I just wished you had said something.
I kept him alive when he wished to die.
We wished they all could come with us.

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