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Example sentences for "never wanted"

  • He spoke to parson about 'im, and arter that 'e said he never wanted for to see Bob Pretty's face again.

  • And he said 'e never wanted to see wot they called their faces agin as long as he lived.

  • The old gen'leman said he knew all about 'im and he never wanted to 'ear his name mentioned agin.

  • I never wanted to be popular in such a bad sense in which I am now, and therefore I didn't want to see them.

  • In my opinion, he never wanted to overthrow him.

  • I never wanted to return but Lee insisted and there is nothing else I could do.

  • I told him as politely as I could that I never wanted to speak to him again.

  • If possible, he would avoid the house altogether, for he never wanted to see Agnes since her marriage.

  • I suppose I’m very jealous, but I loved him so much that I simply hated to see him speak to another woman; I never wanted to speak to another man, so it wasn’t fair.

  • I found out, after a time, who you were, and--and I thought then I never wanted to see you again.

  • Why, only to-day he owned up that one time he just felt he never wanted to see me again, because I reminded him of something he wanted to forget.

  • So I said to myself that I never wanted to see you again; and every day, when the doctor asked if I wouldn't let him bring you to me, I said no.

  • They had it in for me for a long time, but finally gave it up as a bad job; and I was glad of it, as I never wanted to kill a man, which I expect I would have done if they had not let me alone.

  • I never wanted to turn her loose, for I did not want ever to kill a man.

  • I did not use my revolver, as none were drawn, for I never wanted to kill any man.

  • You know very well I never wanted to go," Billy answered.

  • I remember thinking then that I never wanted a child, to make me suffer as we suffered then!

  • Why, I have never even looked at a man since our very wedding day--never wanted to.

  • Mr. Holloway has never really made any love to me—perhaps he never wanted to—perhaps I’ve never wanted him to.

  • I never wanted nothin’ so bad in all my life afore.

  • He never wanted to go when he might quarrel with her.

  • Always now he never liked to go to be with her, although he never wanted really, not to be always with her.

  • I never wanted anything as I wanted that fish, and I never hated anything as I hated that sheep.

  • Now I never had been sick in bed, and from what I had seen of other people who were, I never wanted to be.

  • Father, it wouldn't take all that to tell her he didn't like her, and he never wanted to see her again.

  • Not but what I've seen lots of trappers and squatters in my day, but I never wanted to stroll with them.

  • I never wanted Bill to come here, but he just come, like a stray cat.

  • I've never wanted to make money on the grand scale.

  • You know I never wanted to hurt the moon, dear.

  • I never wanted it for myself but only for Madeline and she is beyond needing anything any of us can give her now.

  • Dinkie warmed the cockles of my heart by telling me this afternoon when we were out salting the horses that he never wanted to go away from Casa Grande and his mummy.

  • Heaven knows I've never wanted to sit on the Mourner's Bench.

  • And Heaven knows I've never wanted to be one of the Glooms!


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "never wanted" 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:
    entreated them; historical interest; never again; never ceased; never could; never failed; never had; never heard; never hearn; never learned; never marry; never meant; never more; never occurred; never once; never remember; never saw; never seemed; never shall; never speak; never spoke; never took; never trust; never went; never were; never would