wished
v.v. wanted something to happen or be true, even if it was not likely. You use this to talk about things you want to change in the past or present.
v. expressed a desire for something that is currently impossible or unlikely to happen. Often used in the past tense to describe a regret or a longing for a different reality.
I wished I could stay longer at the party.
She looked at the old photographs and wished she had spent more time traveling when she was younger.
The protagonist often wished for a life of quiet contemplation, yet his circumstances repeatedly forced him into the chaotic center of political upheaval.
Often followed by a 'that' clause using the past simple or past perfect to show a hypothetical situation.
I wish I am tallerI wish I were tallerWhen expressing a wish about the present, use the past tense (or 'were' for the verb to be) to show the situation is not real.