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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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Writer/director Sachs’ extraordinary new movie never breaks from the pair, and at times becomes like a documentary about the greatness of the actors themselves, Mozart possessing the soundtrack as Sachs and cinematographer Alex Ashe take longing, lingering B-roll of the performers.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2025
Death, the past, art, longing, all of it sent whirling and made current by the two paintings.
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
The scene in question was designed to show the two characters falling in love and longing to be close to one another.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2025
While spooky scents are definitely having their moment on TikTok, the Nosferatu perfume is literally a combination of all the film’s most enticing elements—fear and horror, but also lust and longing.
—Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 22 Jan. 2025
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2025
Death, the past, art, longing, all of it sent whirling and made current by the two paintings.
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
The scene in question was designed to show the two characters falling in love and longing to be close to one another.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2025
While spooky scents are definitely having their moment on TikTok, the Nosferatu perfume is literally a combination of all the film’s most enticing elements—fear and horror, but also lust and longing.
—Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Longing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/longing. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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