How to Use longing in a Sentence

longing

noun

• She cast a look of longing at the shop window.
• They looked with longing toward freedom.
• She never told anyone about her secret longings.
• The greater the truth, the greater the longing to know it, and the greatest truth of all is God.
  — Mike Kerrigan, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2022
• There’s a lot of longing, there’s a lot of sorrow in the book.
  — James Factora, Them, 1 Nov. 2024
• That longing to know more led to a road trip in the summer of 2019.
  — Audra D. S. Burch, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2022
• The key shift here is to a tone laden with longing, even regret.
  — David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2022
• Eid now is no longer a day of laughter, but a day of tears and longing.
  — Simone McCarthy, CNN, 14 Feb. 2023
• Most of the tunes explored loss, longing and what can happen when the heart goes astray.
  — Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2022
• The same home movies of Christmas morning, the same longing glances across the bar, the same nostalgia, the same heartache.
  — Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
• Lewis tells stories through metaphor and the language of longing.
  — Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2022
• The smell of the cigarette gave Frances a sudden longing.
  — Mary Costello, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
• The six plays in the collection all have to do with love, the dreams that lead to love, the longing to connect and the courage to take a leap of faith.
  — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Nov. 2021
• If the erotic thrillers of the past explored the dangers of lust, Park Chan-wook explores the risks of longing.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2022
• From a young age, Spears felt dual longings to both hide and be seen.
  — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 24 Oct. 2023
• But the longing, thankfully, isn’t due to some idea of a racial essence that grabs a hold of you and won’t let go.
  — Imani Perry, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Nov. 2021
• What makes malls the object of both longing and disdain?
  — Jillian Steinhauer, The New Republic, 22 Aug. 2022
• The work of Andrés Hernández deals, perhaps above all else, in the act of longing.
  — Seth Combs, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2022
• So’s work defines a life of longing — and will leave you longing for more.
  — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
• His heart was displayed in a glass bottle in his chest for all to see the many shards of his heart’s longing’s song.
  — Riley Van Steward, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
• When the other set of grandparents lives near the grandkids, the longing can feel worse.
  — Kate Stone Lombardi, Good Housekeeping, 9 Dec. 2022
• This glimpse leaves me longing for a trailer—or even a mere teaser.
  — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 9 June 2022
• Still, despite longing at times for those old days, Lipe has thrived in the new media world.
  — Tim Casey, Forbes, 13 June 2022
• But here, in the central Largo, the mood is shared, serene, blossoming longing.
  — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2021
• The simple purity of it, mixed with the lyrics of death and longing for a better place, twisted a part of me.
  — Marianne Szegedy-Maszak, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023
• With that in mind, Coachella staked this year’s lineup on a certain longing for the past.
  — Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 15 Apr. 2024
• For Leshchenko, the Special Place had become an object of longing, a time that had passed.
  — Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2022
• But for now, listen to the longing and see what’s underneath.
  — R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 25 July 2024
• Her story seemed to have all the essential Irish themes: romance, loss, longing, perseverance.
  — Saki Knafo, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2024
• Virgo August 23 – September 22 A longing for peace in a home or family situation may presently drive you to look past the flaws of someone else involved.
  — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 9 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024