How to use "desire" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "desire" in popular movie and book plots

  • Within the Honored Matres, many admire Murbella's strength and abilities and desire Bene Gesserit training, but resist assimilation.  - Bene Gesserit
  • Wario's motive behind this sudden attack on Mario's castle was his desire to have a palace of his own.  - Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
  • He takes to spending nights with her, but, like Paddy, he has no desire to be tied down.  - The Sundowners
  • Slay your enemies and all that you desire shall be yours.  - Secret Wars
  • A youth named Guybrush Threepwood arrives on the fictional Mêlée Island, with the desire to become a pirate.  - The Secret of Monkey Island
  • His conscious memories of the trip have been erased, but his initial desire to sign up for the trip cannot be removed.  - We Can Remember It for You Wholesale
  • Petruchio, a friend of Lucentio, expresses a desire to marry into wealth ("I've Come to Wive it Wealthily in Padua").  - Kiss Me, Kate
  • Despite Aeryn's desire to reconcile, he pushes her away, even going so far as to suppress his feelings with drugs.  - Farscape
  • It is the desire to do better, to dig deeper, that propels civilization to greatness".  - Apt Pupil (film)
  • Must have an earnest desire to save the world.  - Ishmael (novel)
  • He recognises that their desire to kill him is not something he can condemn.  - I Am Legend (novel)
  • He discovers that his sheer tenacity and desire to learn make him "pretty well a one-in-a-million bird".  - Jonathan Livingston Seagull
  • The witches' village is destroyed and they are incarcerated by the king and queen, who desire their knowledge.  - The Queen of the Damned
  • The Overlook has difficulty possessing Danny, so it begins to possess Jack by frustrating his need and desire to work.  - The Shining (novel)
  • His heartbreak feeds his desire to kill Vicious once and for all.  - Cowboy Bebop
  • A former sideshow freak, Cobblepot explains his desire to become a respected citizen of Gotham and blackmails Shreck into helping him.  - Batman Returns

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