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Example sentences for "intense desire"

  • I shuddered, and felt an intense desire to scream, but my voice was gone.

  • As the piece proceeded, however, I forgot my caution, and an intense desire to see her again, which I could not restrain, came over me.

  • They stood gazing each at the other for a space of time not to be computed before either spoke, and the sense of unreality which comes with a sudden fulfilment of intense desire--or dread--was upon Austen.

  • She had an intense desire to get outside, but this was counter-balanced by a sudden curiosity to see more of this strange woman who loved but one person in the world.

  • He stared at her, and then an expression of comprehension, of intense desire grew in his eyes; and his laugh, as he flung his cigar out of the open window and bent down to seize her, was almost brutal.

  • She tried to conquer this feeling, but she could n't, and when Trix put on airs, Polly felt an intense desire to box her ears.

  • And an intense desire shone in Rebecca's face, as she saw her faulty work, and felt how fair her model was.

  • Two great tears rolled down Polly's cheeks, and Fanny wiped them away, feeling an intense desire to go West by the next train, wither Maria Bailey with a single look, and bring Tom back as a gift to Polly.

  • He was tormented by an intense desire to confide his memories to some one.

  • He had an intense desire to tell Tanya and Yegor Semyonitch, but he reflected that they would certainly think his words the ravings of delirium, and that would frighten them; he had better say nothing.

  • All three of us were inspired with an intense desire to possess one of these quaint watches, the moment we saw one hanging at the side of a certain lovely woman at a party where it created a great sensation.

  • I was immediately possessed with an intense desire to help the poor lad, and, having won his confidence in a desponding moment, I offered my little hoard as a loan, to be paid in time, if he would accept it on no other condition.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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