Usage examples for wishful
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Seemingly, she had indulged in wishful thinking. – Ghost Beyond the Gate by Mildred A. Wirt
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" He hain't a wishful feller nohow," the stranger was always told, " despite thet he knows hist'ry an' sich like lore in an' out an' back'ards an' forrards." – A Pagan of the Hills by Charles Neville Buck
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But may we not now anticipate such a solemn review, by asking those who are wishful to destroy Christianity, what they intend to put in its place when their object is accomplished. – Parish Papers by Norman Macleod