Examples of longing in a Sentence
They looked with longing toward freedom.
She cast a look of longing at the shop window.
She never told anyone about her secret longings.
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The earworm record provokes a sense of longing, one that is uplifting, cathartic and beautiful.
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Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
If the famous pistol scene feels a bit anticlimactic, the end of the play distills a shattering feeling of longing for something long lost.
—Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
The stately Royal Crescent and the Gravel Walk, where Anne and Wentworth finally reconcile, becomes a place associated with longing.
—Becca Blond, AFAR Media, 10 Feb. 2025
Photo: Shutterstock Elemental and erotic, Andrea Arnold’s reimagining of Emily Brontë’s 19th-century novel drips with longing.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2025
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Lisa Kocay, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
If the famous pistol scene feels a bit anticlimactic, the end of the play distills a shattering feeling of longing for something long lost.
—Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025
The stately Royal Crescent and the Gravel Walk, where Anne and Wentworth finally reconcile, becomes a place associated with longing.
—Becca Blond, AFAR Media, 10 Feb. 2025
Photo: Shutterstock Elemental and erotic, Andrea Arnold’s reimagining of Emily Brontë’s 19th-century novel drips with longing.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for longing
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“Longing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/longing. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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