Wished

Denying she was an anarchist, Katja maintained she wished only to make changes in our government, not to destroy it.

The guests wished the happy couple a long and prosperous life.

Everybody wished he had been elected governor.

Though she wished to travel abroad by herself, she thought better of it.

Of course Darwin, like many of his contemporaries, wished to be seen as following the Newtonian method.

He wished himself dead.

We all wished for peace.

How I wished I could drive a car!

She wished it would stop raining by noon.

He wished to keep the bank accounts separate for tax purposes.