Desired

Examples

• This was a class of plant which the inquirers desired to purchase outright and operate themselves, usually because of remoteness from any possible source of general supply of current. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I am authorised to tell him that Miss Verinder willingly consents to place her house at our disposal; and, that said, I am desired to add no more. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I had learned that General Buell himself would be at Savannah the next day, and desired to meet me on his arrival. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The Mexican war was a political war, and the administration conducting it desired to make party capital out of it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The good woman was desired to leave the witness-box. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The paper, cut into the desired form by a separate machine, was piled up on one side of the envelope folder. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The length of time in boiling depends upon the depth of color desired. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• I said nothing about this difficulty until Sir Percival had been consulted on the subject of the desired delay. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• And as he strode on his way before the supposed friar, Front-de-Boeuf thus schooled him in the part which he desired he should act. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Let us assume that we have a painting or a drawing in colors from which it is desired to produce a set of printing plates to produce that drawing in facsimile. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The world was to me a secret, which I desired to discover; to her it was a vacancy, which she sought to people with imaginations of her own. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Sir,' explained that worthy woman, 'I trust it is my good fortune to produce a person you have much desired to find. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• I had not been in my study five minutes when the maid entered to say that a person desired to see me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He desired to know, what I would have done upon such an occasion in my own country. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• For reasons worth analyzing later, these representative American citizens desired both the immediate taboo and an ultimate annihilation of vice. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Shunt and series field-windings were added to the motor, and the series windings could be plugged in and out of circuit as desired. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I flew thither and back, bringing the desired vessels. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I desired to draw her from this spot; but she opposed my wish. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I have always desired to act the part of a friend to you. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• This was indeed a godlike science, and I ardently desired to become acquainted with it. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• An unusual--to me--a perfectly new character I suspected was yours: I desired to search it deeper and know it better. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• When a large quantity of water is desired, strong machines drill into the ground and excavate an opening into which a wide pipe can be lowered. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• This is necessary to get the desired printing surface. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• DEAR FRIEND, I send you enclosed the copies you desired of the papers I read to you yesterday. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• By using combinations of two or more lenses of various kinds, it is possible to have an image of almost any desired size, and in practically any desired position. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• She desired me to get into the chariot, and to tell the coachman to drive slowly up and down a little while. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• One said: Oh, the Virgin's face is full of the ecstasy of a joy that is complete --that leaves nothing more to be desired on earth! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• For to desire is better than to possess, the finality of the end was dreaded as deeply as it was desired. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The diving case is not absolutely water-tight, nor is it desired that it should be so, as the slight leakage acts as a lubricant to the joints, and aids in their movements. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Individuals use one another so as to get desired results, without reference to the emotional and intellectual disposition and consent of those used. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.

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