Explore Wished through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Wished in a sentence
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Wished meaning
simple past and past participle of wish
Using Wished
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of wish
- In the example corpus, wished often appears in combinations such as: wished to, who wished, and wished.
Context around Wished
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Wished
- In this selection, "wished" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, supporters, lupton, allegedly, peaceful and sometimes stand out and add context to how "wished" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include actor who wished his mother and argument they wished to use. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "wished" sits close to words such as grain, brazilian and calif, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with wished
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Anderson told her she wished she would die. (8 words)
The British supporters wished to send as much as possible, whereas those against wished to send nothing. (17 words)
After that experience, Joel wished to leave his contract for a better one at Columbia Records, but he couldn’t. (20 words)
Personally speaking, I’ve never been at a soccer game and wished I had crab salad delivered to my seat, but someone must have wished it and Will Smith must have heard it, because now those folks in Field Seats can order Dungeness crab cocktail. (45 words)
Also, people weren’t able to have a shower when they wished to, with one staff member telling us that they were only able to support people to shower once a week because they didn’t have enough time to do more. (42 words)
Another visitor from Germany said Friday was his second attempt to access the park after previously failing to get a day pass, and that while he was sympathetic, he wished he’d been notified of the closure before arriving. (39 words)
Well, what was the largest difference between the Irish population who wished for a free, united Ireland and the loyalists who wished to remain tied to the United Kingdom? (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
Well, what was the largest difference between the Irish population who wished for a free, united Ireland and the loyalists who wished to remain tied to the United Kingdom?
Personally speaking, I’ve never been at a soccer game and wished I had crab salad delivered to my seat, but someone must have wished it and Will Smith must have heard it, because now those folks in Field Seats can order Dungeness crab cocktail.
The actor, who wished his mother a peaceful rest, also wished peaceful rest on people who died and joined their partners.
The British supporters wished to send as much as possible, whereas those against wished to send nothing.
The Court would then agree on the decision that they wished to reach, along with the main points of argument they wished to use.
Abhishek Bachchan has wished his mom Jaya Bachchan her 75th birthday with a blurry yet best photo on his Instagram handle.
After adjourning for a short time to allow the sides to consider his comments, the judge was told Mr Lupton wished to press ahead with his application.
After just one consultation with the psychiatrist in May the psychiatrist allegedly wished the teen luck and wrote a referral for a double mastectomy.
After Ms Letby was moved from her frontline role with the accusations hanging over her in 2016, she told detectives: "I wished sometimes that I was dead and someone would kill me".
After that experience, Joel wished to leave his contract for a better one at Columbia Records, but he couldn’t.
A local resident, who wished to remain anonymous, got in touch with KentOnline to express her dismay at the discarded stories.
Also, people weren’t able to have a shower when they wished to, with one staff member telling us that they were only able to support people to shower once a week because they didn’t have enough time to do more.
Although she was initially jealous of Guts because Griffith wished to recruit him, the more she came to know him, the more she became attracted to him, and vice versa.
Although Thomas acknowledged his mistake and wished he could take it back, he didn’t want Hope for the Future to suffer.
A man who was arrested during a drug raid, was granted bail after the court heard on Sunday how he wished to seek immediate help to overcome his acute drug problem.
Anderson told her she wished she would die.
And Fithian and Rivkin also wished well to Michael O'Leary the incumbent president and CEO of the theater owners' association.
And she had once been confident she would get to spend as much time in his little house and on the grounds as she wished.
Another resident, who wished to be named only as Carmen, said: 'I would see Tina Turner walking in the street with her husband.
Another visitor from Germany said Friday was his second attempt to access the park after previously failing to get a day pass, and that while he was sympathetic, he wished he’d been notified of the closure before arriving.
Common combinations with wished
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- wished to 63×
- who wished 27×
- and wished 24×
- he wished 23×
- wished for 18×
- wished the 15×
- also wished 12×
- wished he 11×
- they wished 10×
- she wished 9×