Words similar to wish

Example sentences for: wish

How can you use “wish” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Dr. Spooner's proverbial half-warmed fish for half-formed wish has a totally different sound and meaning if written as “half-wormed fish,” requiring the spelling to be changed.
It would be strange to wish that he were more lovable, or honest, or familiar.
But I do wish that they would at least consider what we have to say, since they might learn something on occasion.
A: I wish they'd get round a table and sort the whole thing out.
If the WTO proves powerless in its first big case, all will observe that its rules are only binding when the strong wish them to be.