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Meanings of wishful in English
Synonyms
Examples for "aspiring"
Examples for "aspiring"
1
Her advice for all aspiring business leaders: Work smarter instead of harder.
2
The center trains current and aspiring local guides in mountaineering safety practices.
3
Selznick received thousands of letters from those aspiring to play the role.
4
He said the defender was a role model for all aspiring footballers.
5
It was a really nice house for an aspiring actor and a...what?
1
The aspirant attained only the exoteric knowledge in the first two Degrees.
2
The social aspirant should cultivate the art of saying polite nothings acceptably.
3
Today, a solid tech foundation is an expectation for any presidential aspirant.
4
What would your advice be to any aspirant singer in South Africa?
5
These are words which should inspire every new aspirant to the laurel.
Usage of wishful in English
1
However, I fear this might simply be a case of wishful thinking.
2
Of course its answer is simplistically correct, but unfortunately is wishful thinking.
3
Either that, or a dangerous case of British hubris and wishful thinking.
4
Although that may be wishful thinking, a few factors support the idea.
5
It wasn't wishful thinking, or magic, but a simple law of nature.
6
I agreed with him for a short time-butit was wishful thinking.
7
It required no wishful thinking to detect a shocked response in Cardale.
8
It just is, and no amount of wishful thinking can change that.
9
Kennedy wondered how much of her assessment was formed by wishful thinking.
10
Hazel was in the grip of utter forlornness, moody, wishful to cry.
11
She waited for another touch, but perhaps it had been wishful thinking.
12
They didn't seem to develop ideas so much as entire wishful philosophies.
13
I'm burying the wishful part of me, the prey part of me.
14
The men sat awed, each man wishful to creep behind his neighbour.
15
The wishful childlike tone made him press his lips together in regret.
16
Or maybe that was just wishful thinking, because she shook her head.
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Wishful through the time
Wishful across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common