pine for

phrasal verb

pined for; pining for; pines for

: to feel very sad because one wants (something) or because one is not with (someone)

She was pining for the old days.

He's pining for his college sweetheart.

Examples of pine for in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Defending champion Scottie Scheffler will try to win his third green jacket and Rory McIlroy will try again to win his first as the biggest names in golf come together amid the Georgia pines for 2025's first major championship. —CBS News, 10 Apr. 2025

After his strong debut, Rollins rode the pine for over a month—just two appearances and less than four minutes of total action between November 12 and December 20. —Brian Sampson, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025

The 47-year-old artist pined for his wife, Bianca Censori, in his new song titled after her. —Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 3 Apr. 2025

Mariah remix is making — stamps it to an era of millennials and Gen X–ers pining for bygone culture, while zoomers discover and distort their parents’ favorites. —Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025

Rhymes for pine for

• albacore
• alongshore
• antiwar
• anymore
• blastopore
• carnivore
• commodore
• dinosaur
• evermore
• furthermore
• guarantor
• herbivore