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Example sentences for: wishful
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Prudie thinks your use of the subjunctive--he "may" be using you--is a hybrid emotion of wishful thinking and denial.
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.
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.
On Putin, the Moscow Times said there is "a shocking amount of wishful thinking masquerading as analysis."
Maybe it's wishful thinking on my part, but Sweet and Lowdown feels like penance for Barbara Kopple's bleak documentary Wild Man Blues (1998), which chronicled Allen's European tour with his New Orleans-style jazz band.