Subconsciously he knew that this, at the very best, was wishful thinking. He remembered doubtfully a talk with Joe Bass the evening before—anything more than a flurry of wishful thinking? It's wishful thinking and we cannot permit such daydreaming in our precarious condition.
I hoped that I was correct; maybe it was wishful thinking, but I claim that right. Subconsciously he knew that this, at the very best, was wishful thinking. He remembered doubtfully a talk with Joe Bass the evening before—anything more than a flurry of wishful thinking? It's wishful thinking and we cannot permit such daydreaming in our precarious condition. This impression was generally discredited, people were surfeited with optimism; they felt our reports were wishful thinking. This is contrasted to happenstance decision making based on impulsiveness and wishful thinking. That might be wishful thinking, they wouldn't know until they tried to prove it.
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But, in spite of these ordinary defects, he was fond of his work and wishful to excel in it. He looked at me real sharp, an' sort of wishful, and then he says, 'You look like a good woman.' I can tell that Emily is wishful to pass through this structure. I hoped that I was correct; maybe it was wishful thinking, but I claim that right.
We are weary of our voyage of discovery and wishful to arrive at the promised land. I have been wishful to feel upon my brow the pressure of the great crown. These terms were made in wishful remembrance of the ransom of Atabalipa. Now Gunther, hearing his wife's kind words, was wishful to do her will. It is not your corpse I will be wishful to hold in honour the way I hold this corpse in honour. “Do not be so sure I am wishful to ridicule,” answered the Minor Poet.