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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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Play-acting and role-playing, of course, can sometimes reveal deeper longings, especially those the conscious mind has refused to entertain.
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Meghan O'Gieblyn, WIRED, 29 Apr. 2024
Professions of love and longing, within perpetual scrolls of direct messages or texts, are frequent.
—Maya Salam Maya Salam, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2024
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Meghan O'Gieblyn, WIRED, 29 Apr. 2024
Professions of love and longing, within perpetual scrolls of direct messages or texts, are frequent.
—Maya Salam Maya Salam, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2024
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 4 May. 2024.
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