Emotions & feelings

leave someone wanting more

make someone want more

To leave someone wanting more is to make them wish there were more, because the experience was enjoyable or felt incomplete.

B2 common speech & writing

expression

Hear it in real life

Did you enjoy the concert?

Yes, it left me wanting more.

Play the conversation

The restaurant's small dessert left me wanting more.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: The ending left me wanting for more.

Say: The ending left me wanting more.

The expression is leave someone wanting more, not leave someone wanting for more.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

leave me wanting more; leave the audience wanting more

Your turn: say it out loud

The restaurant's small dessert left me wanting more.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

leave someone wanting more

make someone want more

“The restaurant's small dessert left me wanting more.”

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