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

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

  • The ghost finds it can only possess individuals that fundamentally want to do the same task it is trying to accomplish itself.  - Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
  • "Do you want to fly so much that you will forgive the Flock, and learn, and go back to them one day and work to help them know.  - Jonathan Livingston Seagull
  • I don't want her near me".  - Anne of the Thousand Days
  • Ruth calls from the kitchen, "Matt, do you want coffee.  - In the Bedroom
  • He does not want to burden Wilma with his handicap so he eventually pushes her away, although she still wants to marry him.  - The Best Years of Our Lives
  • He cannot accept that she is not in love with him and does not want him.  - The Greatest Show on Earth (film)
  • The seductive Akemi, sensing that Kyoko is still hesitant, threatens to seduce Godai if Kyoko doesn't want him.  - Maison Ikkoku
  • Tigerishka's people want to explore hyperspace, and tinker with space, time and the Mind.  - The Wanderer (Leiber novel)
  • They admit to each other that neither want nor need grow old alone, which is slowly creeping up on them; they have no more time to lose.  - The Parent Trap (1961 film)
  • Fran eventually admits that she doesn't want to get married.  - The Wedding Planner
  • Both the son and the doctor indicate they want the marriage dissolved.  - Scared to Death
  • Miss Bingley clearly does not want to continue the friendship and Jane is upset though very composed.  - Pride and Prejudice
  • Since Martha is an obese and very unpopular student, Heather Duke doesn't want the photos to be seenD.  - Heathers
  • She says she doesn't love him and doesn't want to be married again.  - Gone with the Wind (novel)
  • Paul is aware of this fact, but has foreseen that the birth of his heir will bring Chani's death, and does not want to lose her.  - Dune Messiah
  • We don't want to take the world by storm.  - All Quiet on the Western Front

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