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Example sentences for "merely wished"

  • I merely wished you to know that I wasn't a brigand.

  • He is asking for you, and I merely wished to advise you to make the conversation as short as possible.

  • He merely wished to have the fact corroborated.

  • I merely wished you to know, Mr. Flint, that there is no use in attempting to deceive me in regard to the true colour of those practices.

  • I did not presume to request to shake hands with you," said the man in black, "I merely wished to be permitted to salute with my lips the extremity of your two fore-fingers.

  • Well, well, I merely wished to give you a hint; but you saw very well what I meant; upon the whole I think you improve.

  • Well, well, I merely wished to give you a hint; but you saw very well what I meant; upon the whole, I think you improve.

  • I did not presume to request to shake hands with you," said the man in black, "I merely wished to be permitted to salute with my lips the extremity of your two forefingers.

  • I did not presume to request to shake hands with you,’ said the man in black, ‘I merely wished to be permitted to salute with my lips the extremity of your two forefingers.

  • I did not presume to request to shake hands with you,' said the man in black, 'I merely wished to be permitted to salute with my lips the extremity of your two forefingers.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "merely wished" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    comparatively shallow; dispatch from; felt quite; guess what; heavenly light; her right; him out; holy days; its work; later known; make hast; master says; merely because; merely formal; merely nominal; merely said; merely subjective; merely the; merely wished; night they; nine pounds; ordinary occasions; organic acid; poisoned arrows; special commissioner; trembling from