On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Wanted. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as loved or precious and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Wanted meaning
- Wished for; desired; sought.
- Subject to immediate detainment by law enforcement authorities on sight.
Synonyms of Wanted
Using Wanted
- The main meaning on this page is: Wished for; desired; sought. | Subject to immediate detainment by law enforcement authorities on sight.
- Useful related words include: loved, precious, cherished, unwanted.
- In the example corpus, wanted often appears in combinations such as: wanted to, he wanted, they wanted.
Example sentences (20)
Adds Croft: “I wanted to find that love of sailing that she would’ve had … she didn’t do it for the record … she did it because she loved it and wanted to … I wanted to find that emotional trigger.
Sixteen out of the 23 FCCs wanted to remain in the country with the same employer and six wanted to remain in the country, but with different employer if incentives were better after the end of pilot period and only one wanted to go home to marry.
They wanted (Austin) Reaves, they wanted (Max) Christie, they wanted Rui Hachimura in a separate deal.
What was it like to figure out how you wanted to represent the future, what you wanted to show of it, and how you wanted that to reflect in Ian?
He wanted to do finishing at a certain time, he wanted to do this, he wanted to do that.
I am going alone as no one else wanted to come (and I can handle that, it's why I am still going) but I just wanted to see if anybody else was and ask if you wanted to meet up beforehand for a drink and a chat about wrestling.
It was tricky what I wanted, how I wanted to put myself at risk, and what I wanted to take on during that time.
Telling Mabel about her frustration at being seen as nothing more than eye candy, she says: “I wanted to produce, I wanted to direct, I wanted to sell skin cream and ice-cream, underwear, sportswear, beer, computers, tequila and gin.
I wanted to work with multiple publications, I wanted to travel more, and I wanted to eschew the traditional office environment.
I wrote four of the episodes before I even had a deal, because I wanted to do this but only if they wanted to do the version that I wanted to do.
The big realization was that, yes Kathy wanted the birds, but she also wanted connection with humans and she wanted validation to some degree and acceptance from her community and her husband.
In short, she wanted to work, and she passionaltely wanted children, she wanted to be married, and she managed to have all three.
I wanted photography, I wanted my paintings, and I wanted Pete’s beautiful graphics and Art Deco posters, which are so fantastic,” he said.
I wanted to be a lawyer, later I wanted to be an engineer and also wanted to be a medical doctor too.
My friend, a western Indian woman that moved to hyderabad, ended up miming a flying chicken to show she wanted wings, lifted her leg to show she wanted legs, but couldn't bring herself to fondle her breasts in public to show she wanted breasts as well.
A consultation earlier last year revealed that while 73 per cent of respondents wanted to keep restrictions on match days, 48 per cent wanted them to be reduced.
And when he took the City job, he wanted to rekindle the working relationship as he had the qualities he wanted from his wing-backs.
As much as he wanted to be successful as an individual, he really wanted us to be successful as a team.
Because we had a sit-down meal the night before, he wanted to stir things up a bit on our second date and asked if I wanted to go out to shoot pool.
Bluntly, I said I wanted to talk to Kylie more than I wanted to talk to them, and ran to the payphone and called her.
Common combinations with wanted
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- wanted to 248×
- he wanted 43×
- they wanted 36×
- she wanted 28×
- and wanted 26×
- wanted the 15×
- who wanted 15×
- we wanted 15×
- just wanted 13×
- also wanted 13×