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  1. List of paraphrases for "desires":

    wishes, aspirations, longings, wants

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How to use desires in a sentence?

  1. David Hume:

    Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding.

  2. Sipho P Nkosi:

    Try to fulfill your dreams and desires. Our lifespan is too short to relax.

  3. Rebecca West:

    It's the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion.

  4. Johnson:

    Knowledge always desires increase; it is like fire, which must first be kindled by some external agent, but which will afterward propagate it.

  5. Machine Gun Kelly:

    I want to accept this for all the aspiring musicians, the one who desires to play an instrument, wants to rap, wants to sing — not just the rock artists, but all the artists.


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