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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Notes from the era reveal themes of longing and excitement of reunition, Kimberly Guise, senior curator and director for curatorial affairs at the National WWII Museum, told Newsweek.
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Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Apologies and laments and longing are woven throughout the album, but the speaker doesn’t ask anything of anyone that comes across as especially loud.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
Kelce’s broad smile and longing looks at his girlfriend of two years said it all.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2025
The genre shifted from a shared feeling of loss and longing to a celebration of cultural community.
—Wilfredo José Burgos Matos, The Conversation, 25 July 2025
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Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Apologies and laments and longing are woven throughout the album, but the speaker doesn’t ask anything of anyone that comes across as especially loud.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
Kelce’s broad smile and longing looks at his girlfriend of two years said it all.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2025
The genre shifted from a shared feeling of loss and longing to a celebration of cultural community.
—Wilfredo José Burgos Matos, The Conversation, 25 July 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 3 Sep. 2025.
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