Wishing example sentences
Related (10): wish, hope, desire, longing, yearning, aspiration, dream, wanting, craving, pining
"Wishing" Example Sentences
Common Phrases
- wishing for
- wishing on a star
- wishing well
- wishing you were here
- wishing and hoping
- wishing upon
- keep wishing
- stop wishing
- wishing for the best
- wishing things were different
Examples by Level
A1
- I am wishing for a new toy.
- She is wishing for snow at Christmas.
A2
- He's wishing he had studied harder for the test.
- They keep wishing things would be different.
B1
- I've been wishing for a chance to travel abroad for years now.
- She's wishing she hadn't said those things in anger.
B2
- He found himself wishing for a life that didn't exist anymore.
- They were wishing they'd made different choices, but regret doesn't change anything.
C1
- What she was wishing for — a return to innocence — had become impossible the moment she understood the truth.
- He spent his evenings wishing for something he couldn't name, a longing without a clear object.
C2
- There's a particular futility in wishing for what you've already lost — not quite grief, not quite hope, but something suspended between the two.
- She'd grown accustomed to wishing for things she knew would never arrive, and in that acceptance found a strange kind of peace.
Examples by Scenario
🏠 Everyday Life
- I'm wishing this rain would stop so I can finally take the dog out.
- My neighbor's kid is wishing for a skateboard for his birthday.
💼 Workplace
- Everyone's wishing the meeting would end so we can get back to actual work.
- He's been wishing for a promotion for the past year with no luck.
📊 Business
- The company's wishing they'd invested in that startup when they had the chance.
- Investors are wishing for better quarterly returns before the next earnings call.
🛒 Buying / Shopping
- I'm wishing this jacket came in my size — it's perfect otherwise.
- She's wishing the sale would last another week so she could save up.
✈️ Travel
- Stuck in the airport, I'm wishing I'd booked a flight with fewer layovers.
- They're wishing they'd done more research before booking that hotel.
📚 Education
- Students are wishing the exam would be postponed after the snow day.
- He's wishing he'd paid more attention in class instead of sleeping through lectures.
❤️ Relationships
- I'm wishing I'd been honest with him from the beginning instead of letting it build up.
- She's wishing they could go back to how things were before the argument.
📰 News / Politics
- Critics are wishing the government had acted sooner on climate policy.
- The senator's wishing that old tweet would disappear from the internet.
💻 Technology
- I'm wishing this app would load faster — it's been buffering for five minutes.
- Users are wishing the new update hadn't changed the interface so drastically.
📝 Formal Writing
- The report suggests that stakeholders are wishing for greater transparency in the decision-making process.
- Researchers found that participants were wishing for more accessible mental health resources in their communities.