He wishfully indulged in dreams of fame. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
But maybe I was thinking too ... ahm ... wishfully. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference
Or was Chunderban Desai wishfully deceiving himself?. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of Their Return]
"Maybe nobody heard that," I wishfully thought aloud. From Wordnik.com. [At Last: The High School Reunion Story (Part 4)] Reference
We stared wistfully at the clouds; wishfully at the stars. From Wordnik.com. [Creating A Storm] Reference
The report is named, wishfully, "" Guatemala: Nunca Mas. ''. From Wordnik.com. [The Death Of A Bishop] Reference
Tonight when I'm sleeping, I will dream of you, wishfully thinking. From Wordnik.com. [Loudon Wainwright's 'Charlie Poole Project'] Reference
Perhaps I think too wishfully as I look to find a reason to believe. From Wordnik.com. [Adele Stan: Transcendental Invocation: Surprise Me, Rick Warren!] Reference
Maybe I'm wishfully thinking, and I have nothing concrete to go on, but. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Carlee Drye, April 2, 1980. Interview H-0005. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
And that's the cycle that maybe I'm wishfully thinking, but I don't believe it. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with William C. Friday, December 18, 1990. Interview L-0049. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
They moan, grumble and pant wishfully while my hand hovers over the coat hangers. From Wordnik.com. [A Novelist Takes Aim] Reference
I picked out a blanket doll for the baby, and Hannah eyed the mermaids wishfully. From Wordnik.com. [» Bamboletta Love Strocel.com] Reference
Millions of persons anxiously and wishfully await Cuba's success in this endeavor. From Wordnik.com. [CASTRO STRESSES FAR'S PARTICIPATION IN HARVEST] Reference
At the same time, she wrote wishfully of a universe that opened its arms to us all. From Wordnik.com. [James Gavin: Abbey Lincoln and Herman Leonard: Truthtellers in Jazz] Reference
In part, Dr. Rigney may have wishfully transferred his own views onto his colleagues. From Wordnik.com. ['The Corpse in the Elevator': An Exchange] Reference
There is a profound doubt that he will arrive at the point many wishfully hypothesise. From Wordnik.com. [Pope to visit Fatima in 2010] Reference
As with all the Fiskites (like patricia, mike and others), he's wishfully thinking out loud. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Steele said, wishfully, that the GOP “right now will avoid partisan knee-jerk judgments.”. From Wordnik.com. [GOPers already going overboard with ugly (and ridiculous) attacks on Sotomayor] Reference
He thought wishfully of his own familiar quarters; small but private; alone with his own kind. From Wordnik.com. [The Martian Way]
I don't think you know what you are talking about, or, you are wishfully spouting that nonsense off. From Wordnik.com. [Why Community Leaders Support Paul Krekorian] Reference
I might be a little paranoid (or thinking wishfully) but that has "DRUMMED OUT" written all over it. From Wordnik.com. [elfpvke Diary Entry] Reference
Otherwise, as Steve jobs has a tad wishfully predicted, Microsoft might become "the IBM of the '90s.". From Wordnik.com. [Culture Club] Reference
He longed wishfully for the routine and peace of a normal trading cruise, light-years from everything. From Wordnik.com. [Bloodhype]
A bit wishfully, perhaps, Quayle's aides thought they saw an opportunity to make voters take a fresh look. From Wordnik.com. [The Quayle Handicap] Reference
And we delude ourselves if we attempt to believe wishfully that all these problems can be solved overnight. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
We have been gazing wishfully when we should have been working-working toward our own economic emancipation!. From Wordnik.com. [New Brunswick1963] Reference
And the queen of rivers, too, seeing king Mahabhisha lose his firmness, went away, thinking of him wishfully. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
Those toys and gadgets that we wishfully spent our savings on may have made the holidays a little more bearable. From Wordnik.com. [Michelle Chen: Season of Hardship Connects Struggling Workers in Two Worlds] Reference
I think certain pro-school-district commenters are wishfully glossing over the fact that school was officially out. From Wordnik.com. ["Bong Hits 4 Jesus," "Bong Hits 4 Jesus," "Bong Hits 4 Jesus"...] Reference
So those toys and gadgets that we wishfully spent our savings on may have made the holidays a little more bearable. From Wordnik.com. [Michelle Chen: Season of Hardship Connects Struggling Workers in Two Worlds] Reference
The king, in seeking me wishfully, hath gone to the region of spirits; therefore, my body should be burnt with his. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva] Reference
Col. He gave me a letter to young Col. I was weary of this day, and began to think wishfully of being again in motion. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides] Reference
I may livephysically in New Zealand, and mentally and wishfully in India, but at some level Palin affronts myintelligence. From Wordnik.com. [Diagnosing Sarah Barracuda; Borderline? Bipolar?] Reference
Let's be wishfully optimistic, and hope that Tianxian MM can become the ambassador for ethnic harmony and rural education. From Wordnik.com. [Light reading: Tian-xian MM] Reference
Nor should one eat anything without giving a portion thereof to persons that wishfully gaze at the food that one happens to take. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference
This does mean some tromping through K's study (or cave, as he refers to it wishfully) but spacewise, I think it makes a lot more sense. From Wordnik.com. [readersguide Diary Entry] Reference
I walked round him once or twice wishfully, measuring him in my eye, and thinking of what texture might be the Sunday best of such a man. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of all countries] Reference
Which means, after wishfully thinking he would return to the Los Angeles Galaxy lineup in September, he will not play in MLS this season. From Wordnik.com. [Davies, Joseph, Beckham, Movsisyan, Euro TV] Reference
Now maybe I'm totally reading into that and wishfully thinking, but his specifying "one" cover makes me hopeful that there will be others. From Wordnik.com. [Bolland covers Zatanna for ongoing series?] Reference
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