pine after
phrasal verb
pined after; pining after; pines after
US
: to want or desire (someone or something) very much
teenage girls pining after rock stars
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In this essay for The Paris Review, Simon Wu recounts his experiences pining after, and eventually buying, six designer handbags: some real, some real but used, and one fake.
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Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 17 Dec. 2024
Cho was beautiful, a brilliant and popular Ravenclaw, athletically gifted as Seeker of her House’s Quidditch team, and pined after by the hero in a blockbuster film franchise.
—Melissah Yang, refinery29.com, 18 Nov. 2024
As Burroughs’s alter ego, a blundering heroin addict pining after a younger man, the actor manages to be uncool onscreen for the first time ever.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 30 Nov. 2024
Channing Tatum finally got to play the Marvel role he’s been pining after for nearly two decades.
—Luke Chinman, Peoplemag, 30 July 2024
Still pining after some Marques'Almeida x Topshop frayed denim?
—Serena Brown, refinery29.com, 11 June 2024
For years, Penelope has pined after Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton), her big-hearted friend and neighbor.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
In the works CEOs pining after some regulation that will be suitable for multiple markets may have had their wishes granted in recent weeks.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2024
For every simple video of a teen girl showing off her Stanley collection, there are dozens of others at her school pining after the same cup, Drenten said.
—The Courier-Journal, 5 Jan. 2024
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Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 17 Dec. 2024
Cho was beautiful, a brilliant and popular Ravenclaw, athletically gifted as Seeker of her House’s Quidditch team, and pined after by the hero in a blockbuster film franchise.
—Melissah Yang, refinery29.com, 18 Nov. 2024
As Burroughs’s alter ego, a blundering heroin addict pining after a younger man, the actor manages to be uncool onscreen for the first time ever.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 30 Nov. 2024
Channing Tatum finally got to play the Marvel role he’s been pining after for nearly two decades.
—Luke Chinman, Peoplemag, 30 July 2024
Still pining after some Marques'Almeida x Topshop frayed denim?
—Serena Brown, refinery29.com, 11 June 2024
For years, Penelope has pined after Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton), her big-hearted friend and neighbor.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
In the works CEOs pining after some regulation that will be suitable for multiple markets may have had their wishes granted in recent weeks.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2024
For every simple video of a teen girl showing off her Stanley collection, there are dozens of others at her school pining after the same cup, Drenten said.
—The Courier-Journal, 5 Jan. 2024
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“Pine after.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pine%20after. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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