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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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Memory, the desire to capture the real self, the longing to be seen, and questions of identity infuse Elisheva Biernoff’s fantastically poignant and unusual paintings.
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Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
Available on The Week Bookshop Forest of Noise Mosab Abu Toha, 2024
This collection by a Gazan poet – written since the Israeli assault started last year – is full of fury and longing, an emblem of the richness of Palestinian culture.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 11 Oct. 2024
The plunges into a realm where feelings are intense, utilizing music as the supreme medium to convey the sorrow and longing that accompany heartbreak.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
And of course, a romantic drama is going to have life and death and love and risk-taking and courage and terror and mortality and dread and joy and exuberance and longing.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Sep. 2024
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Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
Available on The Week Bookshop Forest of Noise Mosab Abu Toha, 2024
This collection by a Gazan poet – written since the Israeli assault started last year – is full of fury and longing, an emblem of the richness of Palestinian culture.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 11 Oct. 2024
The plunges into a realm where feelings are intense, utilizing music as the supreme medium to convey the sorrow and longing that accompany heartbreak.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
And of course, a romantic drama is going to have life and death and love and risk-taking and courage and terror and mortality and dread and joy and exuberance and longing.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Sep. 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 8 Nov. 2024.
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