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Example sentences for "you want"

  • He turned toward their foes and asked: "What do you want us to do?

  • Pretty soon Dorothy came out of the house with her sunbonnet, and she called out: "Come on, Shaggy Man, if you want me to show you the road to Butterfield.

  • Why didn't you want to go to Butterfield?

  • If you want to find your way back to the farm I'll go with you willingly, and do my best to help you.

  • You want neither my respect nor my friendship," said he.

  • If you want to do anything for the poor, send a check to our minister or to the charity society.

  • If you want to get office," said Dorn, "you're right.

  • Do you want me to cut your allowance down?

  • After taking a few steps she returned to the gates and called him: "I forgot to ask do you want me to regard what you've told me as confidential?

  • Do you want him," he then braced himself to ask, "to marry your daughter?

  • You want to make a bonfire in fact," he laughed, "and you pitch me on.

  • Of course I'm a busybody, if you want to fight the case to the death; but after all mainly in the sense of having known you and having given you such attention as you kindly permitted when you were in jackets and knickerbockers.

  • I can smuggle him here, if you want to talk to him.

  • If you want to marry this young man--and you have made it very clear that you do--I am going to see that you do it.

  • If you want to do any making over, try it on the boys.

  • What is it you want to see Mr. Derrick about?

  • YOUR bed is always ready for you here whenever you want to use it.

  • Well," he answered, "you can have a chance to prove it before the Grand Jury, if you want to.

  • You shall call me 'Miss Billy' all your life if you want to.

  • Well, don't you want him to be happy in his work?

  • I know that; but what do you want of flounders?

  • Suppose you write a paper, just such as you want, Master Simon.

  • How much do you want to make up the value of your candy?

  • That is the idea; you want to go and be a wanderer; you want to go wandering far away to strange countries where everything is mysterious and wonderful and romantic.

  • He mumbled back: "Huck Finn, do you want me to let her SEE how bad I want to go?

  • And if you want time to reflect--of course you do--the sooner you begin, the better for me.

  • I shall plead your cause with my sister, because you want--you want to marry her?

  • If you want brilliancy, everything in the way of brilliancy that money can give you, you shall have.

  • You want to know everything that has happened to me these three months.

  • I simply think, if you want to know, that I'm as good as the best.

  • You want my recommendation,' she rejoined.

  • I will do my best to content you--I will begin with the facts that you want.

  • If you want my interest with any friend of mine,' she said, 'why can't you tell me the name?

  • I knew it--do you want to know how long I have known it?

  • I only say that if you want them to produce, you must let them conceive.

  • If you want a bird to sing, you must not cover up its cage.

  • If you want to tell her, you had better do it now.

  • You want to know something about him," she added, not choosing to indulge Rosamond's indirectness.

  • You want to cut a figure in the world, and I reckon Peter Featherstone is the only one you've got to trust to.

  • But if you want us to come down in the world, say so.

  • You want to salt your money down, Thee, and go to Chicago and take some lessons.

  • What do you want to hand the lady that fur?

  • If you want him, you play him out of lesson hours.

  • If you want to see a clean ice-box, look at this one.

  • You tell her just how much you want to spend, and what you want to buy, and she will know how to get the most for your money.

  • Do you want to whip him, before he can go to sleep?

  • I am pretty sure the law will give you to me, if you want to come.

  • Put away the clothes if you want to, till we tell her.

  • Well, you can have them if you want to go with me and get them," promised Sinton.

  • Why, I am not in any particular hurry, so if you want to go I will take care of my little nephews until you return.

  • Do you want my medicine rubbed all over your body?

  • My old moccasins, what do you want of them?

  • My mother is determined to return to her people, but if you want to follow us you may, and perhaps, after she has visited with her relatives a little while, you may induce her to return with you.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "you want" 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:
    you can; you cannot; you choose; you fellows; you good; you hear; you may depend upon; you must come and; you only knew how; you want; you who; young bird; young bull; young gentlewoman; young king; young lion; young massa; your best; your face; your friend; your letters; your lordship; your master; your obedient; your way; your work