English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families
The Word "Want" in Example Sentences
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62916	Smaller classes mean a higher standard of education, and that's what we want for our kids.	CM
1853643	This book will be useful to anyone who wants to improve their memory and logical thinking.	LanguageExpert
3168301	You can buy anything you want, as long as it doesn't cost more than three hundred dollars.	CK
448975	"Why have you started learning to play the piano?" "Because I want to be a music teacher."	blay_paul
1398448	If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.	bart
954398	There were many things that we wanted to do, but we never got around to doing many of them.	CK
1898043	We sure ate a lot of hot dogs today. I never want to see another hot dog as long as I live.	CK
1334049	The words are on the tip of my tongue, but I don't quite know how to say what I want to say.	CK
954606	When I got out of jail, the first thing I wanted to do was to eat at my favorite restaurant.	CK
1887458	I just wanted to tell you that the cookies you made for me the other day were very, very good.	CK
1103558	If camping doesn't float your boat, then you probably don't want to spend the weekend with us.	CK
1560194	The user you to want to send this message to does not exist. Please try with another username.	trieuho
2738350	"Do you know why Tom doesn't want to go shopping with me?" "I think he doesn't like shopping."	Hybrid
1093042	Tom said that he doesn't want to hurt you, but if you come around here again, he'll beat you up.	CK
1096415	If you want to achieve the kind of success that I think you do, then you'll have to study harder.	CK
2373994	I just thought I could make some money if I sold some of my old things that I didn't want anymore.	CK
1164686	Why did I buy flowers? Why are you asking me such a question? I just bought them because I wanted to.	CK
1398475	Sometimes the people you think don't want to talk to you are the ones waiting for you to talk to them.	bart
1093030	Tom said that he thought Mary wouldn't want to visit the place where her father had committed suicide.	CK
268325	After the hatchet job my boss did on my proposal, I'm not sure how long I want to keep on working here.	CM
1103560	If this kind of music floats your boat, let me recommend a few other musicians you may want to listen to.	CK
3342397	When Mary told her parents that she wanted to marry Tom, they said that they wouldn't attend the wedding.	Hybrid
954079	It's getting easier to find audio files by native speakers for almost any language you might want to study.	CK
19390	I'm going to speak to you with utmost candor so I want you to take everything I'm about to say at face value.	CM
2248840	If you want this marriage to work, you need to choose between spending time with me and working all the time.	CK
1110672	Why did you put the chicken in such a difficult place to get when you knew that I wanted to use it right away?	CK
2239907	I'm afraid that you didn't understand me correctly. I don't want to be alone with you. I just want to be alone.	AlanF_US
954626	When we started out in 2008, we wrote down a list of people that we wanted to hire, then went out and hired them.	CK
847264	Not long ago we heard a father say in the presence of his large family, "I don't want any of my boys to be lawyers."	Source_Benedict_1921
3322888	Tom always wanted to be a doctor, but his grades at school weren't quite good enough to get him into medical school.	patgfisher
1684	If you don't want to put on sunscreen, that's your problem. Just don't come complaining to me when you get a sunburn.	Nero
953957	If you want to learn a foreign language well, you should speak that language with native speakers as often as you can.	CK
3269845	Tom and Mary are deeply religious and are horrified that their son wants to get married on a beach, rather than in a church.	patgfisher
27846	A really perceptive person can figure out a whole situation with just a few clues. That's the kind of person I want you to become.	CM
953963	If you want to sound more like a native speaker of American English, watch more American TV programs and fewer British TV programs.	CK
3342574	Tom's parents told him that, though they didn't like Mary very much, they wouldn't stand in the way if he really wanted to marry her.	patgfisher
1837947	I want a religion that respects the differences that exist between people and that states that each individual has their own personality.	LanguageExpert
953929	If a man wants to learn to sound like a native speaker of Japanese, he shouldn't only learn Japanese from women. The reverse is true for a woman.	CK
953960	If you want to sound like a native speaker, it's easier if you choose one dialect and stick with it. Native speakers don't usually mix dialects in everyday speaking.	CK
552259	In 1969, Roger Miller recorded a song called "You Don't Want My Love." Today, this song is better known as "In the Summer Time." It's the first song he wrote and sang that became popular.	American
953962	If you want to sound like a native speaker, you must be willing to practice saying the same sentence over and over in the same way that banjo players practice the same phrase over and over until they can play it correctly and at the desired tempo.	CK