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'desire' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'desire' with 20 example sentences.


desire noun

: the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state

: an inclination to want things

: something that is desired

desire verb

: feel or have a desire for; want strongly

: expect and wish

: express a desire for


  • People who desire power make bad leaders.
  • The interior can be customized according to your desire.
  • Her desires were fully fulfilled.
  • I have no more desire to eat sweets.
  • He who desires too much, gets nothing.
  • My greatest desire was to meet my biological father.
  • He couldn't overcome the desire for another cigarette.
  • There is no limit to human desire.
  • Tango is the vertical expression of a horizontal desire.
  • His desire to dive has cost him his life.
  • The serial killer was a slave to his desires.
  • He knows other and easier ways of getting what he desires.
  • The entire world desires peace.
  • The starting point of all achievement is desire.
  • This result leaves much to be desired.
  • I have no desire to argue with you.
  • Money can't satisfy every desire.
  • I have neither time nor desire to go there.
  • Your English leaves much to be desired.
  • I don't have that desire anymore.
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