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Example sentences for: wishful

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Woody Allen and Elisabeth Shue as a romantic couple in Deconstructing Harry mark yet another of Allen's attempts to refute the observable laws of the universe, a bit of wishful thinking on par with cold fusion.
They share a wishful vision of human perfectibility dressed up as an idea of justice.
Theirs was a revolution of the imagination, and many of their works continue to present the vigor of that spirit even after three-quarters of a century of pastiches and secondhand derivations, but at the same time they present an unhappy example of wishful thinking.
Prudie thinks your use of the subjunctive--he "may" be using you--is a hybrid emotion of wishful thinking and denial.
The interesting twist here is that, as far as the science is concerned, conservatives are right, and liberals lag a wishful step behind when they cite sure proof that early day care decisively influences a child's development.