her wishful attempts to change her husband's bad habits
Recent Examples on the WebBut that's probably as wishful as asking young summer camp kids to get back to the bus on time.—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024 In their hands, America’s original sin is settled by the wishful effort to wash the nation clean.—Eddie S. Glaude Jr., TIME, 15 Apr. 2024 Some feel that this sort of wishful casting can help model how a multiethnic society should function.—Kabir Chibber, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2024 Then the sixth episode fell completely flat, relying on one ridiculously laughable coincidence and a lot of heavy-handed seeding for a wishful second season.—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Mar. 2024 Stately, somber piano underscores his vocal shift from fond reminiscing on starry-eyed, youthful promises to wishful hoping that his ex-lover still somehow holds on to a love that mirrors his own.—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2024 But Out There Screaming embraces the wishful mood that is driving this talk of a new era, and its stories posit what Black horror is and could be.—Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2024 The pandemic, of course, is where Trump’s willful and wishful ignorance turned the most deadly.—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2023 Advertisement In an alternative universe — one where things like money, filing deadlines and other practicalities don’t matter — there is wishful talk of a late entry in the Democratic contest, a savior to swoop in and electrify the party with a jolt of energy and passion.—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2023
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