pine for
phrasal verb
pined for; pining for; pines for
: to feel very sad because one wants (something) or because one is not with (someone)
She was pining for the old days.
He's pining for his college sweetheart.
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Courtesy of Annie Spratt/Unsplash Who isn’t pining for a vacation right now?
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Meagan Drillinger, AFAR Media, 19 Feb. 2025
And this is not just petitions or politicians or people pining for the Sting on social media: There’s real money and a major bid for what would become the WNBA’s 16th franchise behind the effort.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2025
Speaking of mothers: Mary Brown (Mortimer) has been pining for the good old days when her now-teenaged children, Judy (Madeleine Harris ) and Jonathan (Samuel Joslin), weren’t so grown-up.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
Trump, who openly pines for a Nobel Peace Prize, may see his opportunity in such a pursuit, which could transform the entire Middle East and create a new bulwark against Iran, a common foe to Jerusalem and Riyadh.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2025
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Meagan Drillinger, AFAR Media, 19 Feb. 2025
And this is not just petitions or politicians or people pining for the Sting on social media: There’s real money and a major bid for what would become the WNBA’s 16th franchise behind the effort.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2025
Speaking of mothers: Mary Brown (Mortimer) has been pining for the good old days when her now-teenaged children, Judy (Madeleine Harris ) and Jonathan (Samuel Joslin), weren’t so grown-up.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
Trump, who openly pines for a Nobel Peace Prize, may see his opportunity in such a pursuit, which could transform the entire Middle East and create a new bulwark against Iran, a common foe to Jerusalem and Riyadh.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Pine for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pine%20for. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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