In a sentence
Six example sentences with wanting, each labelled with its topic.
By August the stream was wanting altogether, and the herons moved to the reservoir eight miles north.
Environment
Appetite was wanting for a week after the surgery, so the nurses tracked every spoonful she managed.
Medicine
Color is entirely wanting in the early sketches, which the artist made with a single graphite pencil.
Art
A proper bass line is wanting on the demo, so the chorus floats along without any floor beneath it.
Music
Proof for the premise is entirely wanting, so the argument rests on nothing more than the author's confidence.
Philosophy
Reliable price data was wanting for the rural districts, so the ministry's inflation figure covered only the cities.
Economics
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Found in these word lists
- New General Service List (Browne et al. 2013)Authoritative
- Magoosh GRE 1000Recognized
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