Wants

Examples

• What did he say he wants with those books? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He waxes strong in all violence and lawlessness; and is ready for any deed of daring that will supply the wants of his rabble-rout. Plato. The Republic.
• He wants superfine stability. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He wants me to be an India merchant, as he was, and I'd rather be shot. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• But conditions change whether statesmen wish them to or not; society must have new institutions to fit new wants, and all that rigid conservatism can do is to make the transitions difficult. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Who wants a dingy woman? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• He wants no clerks. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Her theme was their wants, which she sought to supply; their sufferings, which she longed to alleviate. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The owner of bank money cannot draw out bullion, without producing to the bank receipts for the quantity which he wants. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• He's a pleasant wretch, but he wants principle. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• If she had had a daughter now, a grown young lady, to interest her, I think she would have had the only kind of excellence she wants. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• So long as your grand folks wants to buy men and women, I'm as good as they is, said Haley; 'tan't any meaner sellin' on 'em, that 't is buyin'! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Please, sir, there's twelve gentlemen wants to see ye, 'for a purpose. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• You make one bite your head off, when one wants to be soothing beyond everything. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The State is all-sufficing for the wants of man, and, like the idea of the Church in later ages, absorbs all other desires and affections. Plato. The Republic.
• Society arises out of the wants of man. Plato. The Republic.
• Everybody wants promotion. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Well, I suppose it wants some years of sticking to, before you master it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mrs. Weston wants to see you. Jane Austen. Emma.
• I can't resist them when I see Sallie buying all she wants, and pitying me because I don't. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I feel sure that marriage must be the best thing for a man who wants to work steadily. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Well, my dear Blanche, said the mother, I suppose, as Papa wants to go, we must go; but we needn't know them in England, you know. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He wants me to live hidden in the country. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• And please, sir, missis wants to know whether Mr. Bumble can spare time to step up there, directly, and flog him--'cause master's out. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• This here boy, sir, wot the parish wants to 'prentis,' said Mr. Gamfield. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• My wants were few and simple, so that in less than the time stated I was in a cab with my valise, rattling away to Paddington Station. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• It wants my eyes, Charley. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• You've not come here for to make me suppose that he wants to marry HER? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• She wants help more than I, my blessed children! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Tell him that nobody wants a real steady friend more than I do; but I cannot meet a stranger as a lover. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.

Edited by Kitty