Please show me example sentences with wishful thinking . Tell me as many daily expressions as possible.

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“I thought if I apologized to her she’d take me back, but I guess that was just wishful thinking.”

“I hate how gloomy the weather gets in winter. But I feel like the temperature’s gotten warmer lately... Maybe it’s almost springtime! Or is that just wishful thinking on my part?”

“I always planned to save up my money, so that after I retired my wife and I could spend our twilight years living in Hawaii, but with four kids going to college and debts to pay, I guess that was just wishful thinking. We can barely afford to live in Colorado, let alone Hawaii.”

They’ve got some great example sentences on idioms.thefreedictionary.com, too!)
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