Desiring

Examples

• A broker desiring to buy shares of a certain stock will go to the part allotted to that stock and call out its name with the number of shares wished and the price he will pay. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• As they were all going out again, he favoured her with one slight roll of his movable eye, desiring her to linger behind. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• We are told that, While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Words that were scarcely uttered when their theme was announced as in faithful attendance below, desiring counsel on a spiritual matter. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• There is hardly any desiring to refresh such a memory as _that_,said Mr. Knightley, feelingly; and for a moment or two he had done. Jane Austen. Emma.
• I saw the porter give my note to a servant in livery, desiring him to take it to His Grace's valet. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Far from desiring to publish the connection, he became as anxious to conceal it as myself. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• She refused to read any communications from Greece, desiring me only to mention when any arrived, and whether the wanderers were well. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• When the father reached home, he sent a message to Mr. Bounderby's, desiring his son to come to him directly. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Madame Beck made also her private comment, and preferred in her own breast her secret reason for desiring expatriation. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Desiring to say good-night, she attempted to enter her son's room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I however wrote to his lordship early the following morning, desiring him not to make his appearance until Meyler should have left Paris. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Not only am I sorry to lose the Duke of Leinster, but I feel angry and disgusted with Worcester, for desiring his departure. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I again desired leave to depart, and was gently moving to my canoe; but they laid hold of me, desiring to know, what country I was of? Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• I leave this to the reader's own observation; desiring him at the same time to consider the additional force this bestows on the present system. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• He breakfasted betimes next morning, and, desiring Sam to accompany him, set forth towards Gray's Inn Square. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Desiring to share his new delights with his friends and neighbors, he called them together and they had a wonderful feast. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Desiring to serve young person, name of Dorrit,' said Pancks, with his forefinger still up as a caution. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• What reason could he give the officer commanding her majesty's ship for desiring to go back in the direction from which he had just come! Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• I mentioned my reason for desiring to avoid observation in the village, and he lauded it to the skies. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• If you want a revolution that shall really matter in human life--and what sane man can help desiring it? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• In the morning you will send for a hansom, desiring your man to take neither the first nor the second which may present itself. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Regarding that origin of his, he was proud, moody, and sullen, desiring it to be forgotten. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• What you told me the other day about Justinian desiring me for his successor has opened my eyes. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.

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