Use "wishful" in a sentence

1. Again, he had gone over in his head the report he had seen … deducting the wishful thinking and pre-planted ideas of titanium

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2. At that moment, she saw a wishful, girl, perhaps in her teens, standing at the top of the stairs

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3. Once he did call in they would probably want to keep him talking just about constantly, what would he do then? With a sinking feeling he realized that the situation wasn’t going to respond to wishful thinking

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4. suspected it was only wishful thinking) even a touch of

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5. anything other than nebulous, wishful thinking

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6. Maybe she would see through his wishful thinking, point out that what they'd once had was now gone, unrecoverable

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7. Strangely enough, this was not altogether wishful

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8. A child‘s maturity level is determined in part by that child‘s (incipient) understanding of things that are factual or real (or possible) in contrast with ideas considered to be a product of wishful thinking or make-believe that are otherwise agreeable in themselves provided that the (rational) limits and conditions of the imagination are properly outlined

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9. Impractical Designs are the hallmarks of Wishful Thinking!

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10. At one stage the ZAPU intention was to invade Rhodesia with an armoured column from Zambia but that was wishful thinking to be honest

11. Such prospects for a longer, healthier life are no longer considered wishful thinking but a real possibility that may one day bear fruition in the not so distant future

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12. The utopic assumptions implied by the Court‘s consenting majority are by-products of wishful thinking unsupported in any manner by our society‘s underlying currents

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13. She berated herself for foolishly allowing wishful thinking about a life partner to cause her to see things that were never really there

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14. I thought about picking up where we"d left off, but that was wishful thinking

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15. Even though he had been very vocative in celebrating the demons’ defeat (in a rush of euphoria and wishful thinking he had exclaimed among other slightly misdirected comments, that ‘ze Stalinist pigz are finally vanquiwshed!’), he remained prudently alarmed of the fact that even if the gateway had been destroyed (technically speaking, rendered inoperable rather than physically destroyed - I wouldn’t want me dead), there were still demonic operatives lying around

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16. “Haven’t you heard of wishful thinking before?”

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17. I guess that would be as you’ve put it, wishful thinking

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18. "Wishful thinking there Brownie

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19. But the “vision” seemed to imply a time beyond now, or is that just wishful thinking? I was told, “the time is near,” but near to what? The end? Another beginning? Everything that I witnessed seemed to have the air of victory to it

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20. I also feel that it is already doing something about it destroying it, but this may be wishful thinking

21. or was it wishful thinking and a desire for devotion?

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22. I indulged myself, in a bit of wishful thinking

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23. “It’s been sweet Mallika, could have been sweeter in your room the other night, but whatever” my brother shrugged so devastatingly, I could almost hear the girls in his entourage sighing in wishful anticipation

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24. While reassuring the readers that religion will triumph now as it has in the tides and currents of history and that wishful thinking does not history make, Roger lets them know that he chooses Christ’s promise to be with us “to the consummation of time” over the columnist’s prediction of religion’s doom

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25. proof of the power of wishful thinking

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26. With wishful eyes

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27. These descriptions of Indian life appear to owe something to Biblical accounts of the Garden of Eden, or to wishful thinking

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28. But then my wishful thinking was interrupted by a

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29. Imagination, or wishful thinking? I don't need to assume he's romancing me

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30. basis of feasibility rather than wishful thinking

31. inspiration is always positive is just wishful thinking – but for better or worse, it can stimulate

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32. However, I’m not convinced altruism is more than a wishful concept

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33. Fiction is better than non-fiction because the author creates ideal situations in which to teach valuable lessons in life, whereas non-fiction presents itself as truth when it is nothing but carefully selected facts and wishful thinking that support the writer’s ego

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34. I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her, but it was wishful thinking if Lily wasn't thinking the same way as me

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35. was sure that it was only her wishful thinking

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36. Beware of wishful thinking! Merely to wish that this book would help you, wil get

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37. Many times what we think is faith is nothing but wishful thinking

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38. Such beliefs are merely religions of wishful fancy

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39. Elate thy soul, and raise thy wishful eyes

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40. I may be guilty of wishful thinking, but I see them as something of a referee in a cosmic game of war

41. He reconsidered the spaceship part as just being wishful thinking and dropped it

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42. I wanted so badly to run and hug him and tell him it was going to be ok, wishful thinking

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43. The idea of him having a change of heart was just wishful thinking

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44. Or maybe, that's wishful

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45. The answers he got made Jenny Kawena say something on a wishful tone that wasn’t lost on anybody

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46. "I would say that this is your wishful thinking

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47. It wasn't all wishful thinking

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48. Was it wishful to think that the two nations had again need of one another? Perhaps that was stretching a point, but there was a Labour Government in power which could now boost Poland’s search for détente

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49. After learning about Viktor Frankl’s concept of Logotherapy, I relegated the goal setting process to hogwash and wishful thinking

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50. the top of the market may be wishful thinking

51. Through the power of wishful thinking they hoped to combat ailments like blindness in old age that stole away sight and left victims mere shells of their former selves

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52. He had done enough wishful dreaming with eyes open

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53. Maybe he really had--maybe it wasn't just wishful thinking on her part after all

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54. “Would you prefer to discuss your preoccupation with childhood games and wishful thinking?” Garcia

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55. wishful thinking as she watched Alvin speed off into the

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56. This thinking may be wishful but it gives my heart that joy

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57. was becoming more than just wishful thinking

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58. But to a magician there is no reason for anything: things are the way they are as the result of completely random processes, and seeing any kind of order in how things are is narcissistic, post hoc, wishful thinking

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59. This is typical western wishful thinking

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60. doorsteps antiquation- Theirs is the house of prayer and at last ! The chance of wishful

61. Wishful thinking! She still had a good figure, but the scars were not a pretty sight, and she would understand any man being put off by them

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62. Maybe it was simply wishful thinking

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63. But maybe it wasn’t simply wishful thinking on her part, maybe she really did have something

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64. ‘That’ true, but in these writings, I find only the phantoms of wishful thinking rather than any products of imagination

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65. the marijuana and rose-coloured wishful philosophy only

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66. Peace shouldn’t be a wishful thinking as we are already dented by wars

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67. occurrences and wishful thinking? Did the answer reside within Western

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68. Hope requires action; without action, Hope is simple wishful thinking

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69. Wishful thinking is belief, or desire, shrouded in passivity and inaction

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70. Wishful thinking amounts to merely ideas and thoughts

71. It is easy to live a life that is based upon wishful thinking; the

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72. A little voice in his head whispered that it was wishful thinking but he firmly shut it out

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73. Each of these works may have a certain artistic merit to it—even Ethan Frome, to a lesser extent—but it was wishful thinking if the teachers thought that most high school students were reading them

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74. Norah loved that Wishful was a place where they understood that family was more than blood

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75. But this was downtown Wishful

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76. They’re looking to expand their market share in Mississippi, and Wishful is a potential site

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77. But Wishful is centralized

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78. Wishful occupies a central location that could draw citizens from Oxford, the Golden Triangle area, and all the rural counties between

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79. As far as Cam knew, that meant just a weak site plan review stood between Wishful and this store should the proposal be accepted

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80. Sutto had neatly skirted the issue of strain on infrastructure and overplayed the limited benefit Wishful would receive from sales tax

81. “They want to use Wishful as a pilot site for a new, smaller store designed to expand their market share into more rural locales

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82. “He what?” Robert Curry had been Chief of Police in Wishful since…forever

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83. “Provided they pass the approval process, they intend to build a 150,000 square foot store in Wishful

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84. “As a local business owner, I’m sure you can appreciate the importance of preserving the character of Wishful and preventing the uncontrolled urban sprawl that would inevitably follow should GrandGoods be allowed to go ahead with their project

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85. That’s why we’d like to invite you to come to the citizens’ coalition meeting next week, to be a part of the community’s voice in letting the local policy-makers know that this isn’t the direction Wishful should go

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86. Because an end to the anti-GrandGoods campaign meant an end to her time in Wishful

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87. Hope that their hard work had paid off, that Wishful was safe

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88. Wishful is more important

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89. Wishful was, after all, a town where wishes came true

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90. “The goal of this work weekend is to give downtown Wishful a makeover

91. “It’s our job to work in the best interests of Wishful

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92. “Valentine’s Day may be over, but love is still in the air here in the tiny town of Wishful

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93. But had she missed any of that since she came to Wishful? Had she once given thought to her corner office or the intra-office politics that had been so much a part of the game that kind of career demanded? She certainly didn’t miss Chicago itself

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94. And she appreciated the people, the personal, the messy community ties she’d found in Wishful

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95. But the question of whether she’d be happy in Wishful wasn’t actually at issue

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96. No, the question was whether she could be successful in Wishful

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97. “So indulge my curiosity,” she said, knowing she’d already asked him a more personal question than this, “what about the interview made you come back to Wishful?”

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98. But like the idea of opening her own firm, this was an option for Wishful she was certain no one had considered before

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