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Example sentences for: wished

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

A zealous Scotsman would have wished Mr. Johnson to be without one of his five senses upon this occasion.
Wilkins assumed that it was given to him to do as he wished; a few days later, he showed it to Watson.
If the public wished to travel, they could take stagecoaches, which employed an extra man besides the driver called a guard , who was armed to protect the vehicle from bandits.
Let me report that more than once last week, I was wished a Happy New Year's , though I am sure that my friends were wishing me to be happy for more than one day.
TIME.com's straw poll allowed anyone, not just registered voters, to cast a ballot and to do so as many times as they wished.