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• Even more amusing is that those doing the wishful humping in bandslash aren't your usual pin-ups.2006 October 26, Kitty Empire, “Pop idols trade licks”, in The Observer. From the entry bandslash
• I’ve become sceptical of cookingware “no-stick” signs: they are symptomatic of modern “wishful thinking.”1988, Jeanie Gibson, Any Time, Lord: Honest Prayers for Mothers, St. Paul Books & Media, →ISBN, pages 115–116. From the entry cookingware
• Nicholas, or Kris Kringle," he began, "represents a classic expression of the wishful dreaming of all children.1947, Valentine Davies, chapter 10, in Miracle on 34th Street, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC, page 63. From the entry Kris Kringle
• Le Paige established a legitimation for the Parlement's authority which was part history, part romantic fiction, and part political wishful thinking.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 231. From the entry legitimation
• I don't know if it's all just wishful thinking on the part of his opponents or something more."1999 December 9, Mark Z. Barabak, quoting David Carney, “Bush's Winning Glow Dims After Poor Debate Reviews”, in Los Angeles Times, Los…. From the entry frontrunneritis
• When I realized I was gay, I wanted everyone to be gay too, which led to a lot of wishful thinking.1996, Judy Carter, “Step 3: Find Another Homo”, in The Homo Handbook: Getting in Touch with Your Inner Homo, New York, N.Y.: Fireside…. From the entry gaydar
• Their wishful and loveful ( lustful ) thinking causes serious misperceptions, misinterpretations, misjudgements, and misvaluations about the beloved.1984, Mohar Singh Rao, Vital New and Revolutionary Principles of Human Psychology, page 202. From the entry loveful
• There’s a note of wistful, wishful thinking in all this retconning of reality — would that we could write a time jump into our own scripts!2022 January 7, James Poniewozik, “Wondering When the Pandemic Will End? On TV, It Already Has.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry retcon
• Brilliantly fanfared by a magic lantern held up for the illumination of wishful thinking, optimism fades into a make-shift omission larger than life, for the faintly foreseeable future.2014, M. F. Dail, Limbodeswill's Wain, →ISBN, page 383. From the entry fanfare
• In some minds, optical computing was "wishful thinking on the order of: if we had some ham we could have some ham and eggs—if we had some eggs."1992, Ernest Sternberg, Photonic Technology and Industrial Policy, →ISBN, page 195. From the entry if we had some ham we could have some ham and eggs, if we had some eggs
• Certainly the wishful dreaming of the passive film-goer is exploited by the film producer — but why does the film-goer permit himself to be controlled by his wishful dreaming?1948, Georg Schmidt, Werner Schmalenbach, Peter Bächlin, The film: its economic, social, and artistic problems, →ISBN, page 60. From the entry film-goer

Meaning of wishful

1. adjective Wished-for; desired, wanted.
2. adjective Expressing a wish or longing for something.
3. adjective Aspiring, or seeking advancement.

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Questions about wishful in a sentence

How do you use wishful in a sentence?

Wishful is used as an adjective. For example: “Even more amusing is that those doing the wishful humping in bandslash aren't your usual pin-ups.”

What is a short sentence with wishful?

“I’ve become sceptical of cookingware “no-stick” signs: they are symptomatic of modern “wishful thinking.””

What does wishful mean?

Wishful means wished-for; desired, wanted.