Wondering how to use Wants in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Wants meaning
plural of want
Using Wants
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of want
- In the example corpus, wants often appears in combinations such as: wants to, he wants, she wants.
Context around Wants
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 11 start, 8 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Wants
- In this selection, "wants" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, group, heart, roy, ruben, dead and exclusivity stand out and add context to how "wants" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include aims xi wants to decouple, and she wants acoustic guitars, heart wants, nobody wants and everybody wants. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "wants" sits close to words such as forces, families and africa, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with wants
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
We know what Lee wants, what Carrie wants, and what Dom wants. (12 words)
Claudio he wants to save for last as he wants to burn him! (13 words)
A small group wants to cancel, a small group wants to play, a larger group wants to delay. (18 words)
Because the one thing (director) Gore Verbinski wants you to do in this film — and it’s on the schedule for three months from now — not only does he want you to ride a horse, but he wants you to jump out of a moving train onto a horse. (49 words)
As seen in many a divorce, but even on display in homes where one parent wants to love and guide the child while the other one wants to be the most liked, pitting your child against the other parent is a terrible way to bring a child up. (48 words)
Jan Åge Fjørtoft, a former Norwegian football star who now works as a commentator for Viaplay, agreed: “This is the world’s horniest goal scorer who has four goals, who wants five, who wants six, who wants seven. (38 words)
Claudio he wants to save for last as he wants to burn him! (13 words)
Example sentences (20)
Crystal Palace manager Mr Roy wants Ruben Loftus-Cheek back, wants him back, wants him back … yeah he wants him back for good.
Hamas uses innocent Palestinians as human shields to protect their terrorist assets and WANTS dead Palestinians, especially children, to use as international pressure against Israel, which it wants to destroy and whose citizens it wants to butcher.
The amount I earn per campaign varies depending on whether the brand wants to post my content on their own channels, wants exclusivity, or wants to put ad dollars behind it.
Jan Åge Fjørtoft, a former Norwegian football star who now works as a commentator for Viaplay, agreed: “This is the world’s horniest goal scorer who has four goals, who wants five, who wants six, who wants seven.
The heart wants what the heart wants, and my heart usually wants a delicious dip in warm, creamy queso.
A small group wants to cancel, a small group wants to play, a larger group wants to delay.
He gets ideas in his head, and all he knows is he wants what he wants when he wants it, and nothing else matters.
It does not take long after meeting to get the sense he knows what he wants, does not mince words about what he wants and prefers to take the direct route to get what he wants.
She wants stadiums and light shows when she wants them, and she wants acoustic guitars and lighters as well, and she can clearly knock both out of the park.
We know what Lee wants, what Carrie wants, and what Dom wants.
Above all else he wants students to be constantly thinking critically; when they are confronted with any problem he wants them to be able to find a solution.
All have different aims: Xi wants to decouple from the dollar while India wants closer links with the West.
And although the Cabinet wants to make sure that people eat and drink more plant proteins rather than animal proteins, the Cabinet still wants to increase excise duty on plant-based dairy products.
As seen in many a divorce, but even on display in homes where one parent wants to love and guide the child while the other one wants to be the most liked, pitting your child against the other parent is a terrible way to bring a child up.
Because the one thing (director) Gore Verbinski wants you to do in this film — and it’s on the schedule for three months from now — not only does he want you to ride a horse, but he wants you to jump out of a moving train onto a horse.
Claudio he wants to save for last as he wants to burn him!
Damian says he wants JD to handle Drew, but a part of him wants to finish JD off himself after Drew beats him.
Everybody wants clean air and clean water, but no one wants to pay the astronomical cost for them.
Green Bay wants to move on from Rodgers, while he wants to keep playing, preferably with the New York Jets.
He is somebody that you can talk to, he's somebody that wants you to reach out, he's somebody who wants to tell his story.
Phrases with wants
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with wants
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- wants to 202×
- he wants 127×
- she wants 27×
- it wants 24×
- who wants 20×
- wants the 19×
- and wants 17×
- wants it 15×
- wants what 13×
- heart wants 11×