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Synonyms for desiring

Grammar : Adj

Spell : dih-zahyuhr

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈzaɪər

Définition of desiring

Origin : c.1300, from Old French desir, from desirer (see desire (v.)); sense of "lust" is first recorded mid-14c.

adj yearning

Example sentences :

From desiring the farm, insensibly Crane drifted into coveting the mare.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

Then I escaped before the blessing, desiring no benediction at such hands.
Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling

Zola, desiring bread, undertook the task, with results that might have been anticipated.
Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson

A man in the darkness, he had whispered "I love you" when she was desiring love.
Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster

I have excellent reasons for not desiring to meet Monsieur de Marsac.
Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini

They climbed into the coach again, desiring to be driven home.
Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini

It was of course too late to think of repairing the loss, but I was far from desiring to do so.
Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever

So he had at least the virtue of desiring to be independent.
Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald

Desiring to say good-night, she had attempted to enter her son's room.
Extract from : « The Return of Sherlock Holmes » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Far from desiring the property of others, I had given up my own.
Extract from : « The Autobiography of Madame Guyon » by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon

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