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

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

  • Henry warns him that the only way the wish can have its power is if you believe in it.  - The Big Tall Wish
  • The two begin to date, and while at the beach one day, Julie breaks open a fortune cookie, which reads "you will get your wish --a baby".  - Penny Serenade
  • Wickwire serves the three men wine, toasts their safe arrival, and asks each man what his greatest wish is.  - Elegy (The Twilight Zone)
  • They usually do this by tricking Donald, or whoever else they wish to manipulate.  - Quack Pack
  • I cannot wish for anything better.  - Cries and Whispers
  • Ultimately, Ruth's wish is fulfilled: Henry leaves Howards End to Margaret in his last will and testament.  - Howards End (film)
  • After his coronation, Puyi, frightened by his new surroundings, repeatedly expresses his wish to go home, which is denied him.  - The Last Emperor
  • Believing that a practical joke is being played on him, he wishes that she will stay with him forever, and his wish is granted.  - Oh My Goddess!
  • Frances and Anita tell Maria that according to legend, if she throws a coin in the fountain and makes a wish to return to Rome, she will.  - Three Coins in the Fountain (film)
  • He tells her of his wish to repurchase his ranch.  - The Naked Spur
  • He acknowledges his fury, his need for a future, and his wish for a meaningful life.  - Native Son
  • Anna asks the Kralahome to give her ring back to the King; both schoolteacher and minister state their wish that she had never come to Siam.  - The King and I
  • This prompts Dorian to wish that the painted image of himself would age instead of himself.  - The Picture of Dorian Gray
  • Barrymore and his wife, who also works at Baskerville Hall, wish to leave the estate soon.  - The Hound of the Baskervilles
  • He is a pompous and obsequious clergyman because he expects each of the Bennet girls to wish to marry him due to his inheritance.  - Pride and Prejudice
  • Kubo soon joins them; and when Yoshiko abandons him, makes the wish to become the supreme enthusiast, under the name of "Otaking".  - Otaku no Video

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