How to Use pine for in a Sentence

pine for

phrasal verb

• Your friend who pines for the glory days of Rush is super into them.
  — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2023
• If your sister loves (or pines for) a monthly facial, this is a safe bet for a splurge.
  — Malia Griggs, Glamour, 13 Sep. 2024
• While the Wildcats opened the season with a 44-14 win over Ball State, coaches and players still pined for more.
  — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 4 Sep. 2023
• Makes one pine for the days of a truly robust media landscape.
  — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2023
• Yet out of all the indictments thus far, Smith’s latest may be the one Trump’s critics have been pining for the most.
  — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 1 Aug. 2023
• And, although still just 28, pines for a younger version of his physical self.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 7 July 2023
• Mia starts dreaming about Hawthorne, pining for him, even sleeping on his grave.
  — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023
• With a net worth of $3.5 billion as a Hyatt Hotel heir, Pritzker is not pining for much.
  — John O'Connor, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2023
• The story follows Mary, a successful surgeon, as the men in her life pine for her and vie to win her affection.
  — Kaitlyn Huamani, Peoplemag, 15 July 2023
• Yet, there is one thing that Manilow has always pined for and now inspires some irrational fears: a Broadway show.
  — Jesse McKinley, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2023
• László has been pining for her, but Jones plays her with a forceful blast of Old World ego that hits the film like a slap of reality.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Sep. 2024
• And regions that have yet to obtain station stops for their localities are pining for a piece of the action.
  — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
• This slick, pulsating new song from Cameron and the track’s official DJ, Marshmello, sees the star pining for the love of the one person who’s not giving it to her.
  — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 8 Sep. 2023
• China’s young people would be well advised to bet on the forces that will create the next few decades of opportunities rather than pining for the past.
  — Drew Bernstein, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
• Both desire and heartache pulsate throughout the song, as Flowers, 42, is nearly spinning out, still pining for a former lover who’s moved on.
  — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 25 Aug. 2023
• Since then, the football team left town and has been a virtually continuous dumpster fire, yet all anyone around here seems to pine for is the glory days of the R*$%@!*s.
  — Teo Armus, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
• Phillips said the events attracted many Biden backers who pined for an alternative.
  — Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
• Her father, who pined for a son and dressed Ms. Gilot in boys’ clothing, pushed her toward international law.
  — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 6 June 2023
• Both franchises were down and out, stockpiling NHL top draft picks rather than playoff wins and pining for better days.
  — Laine Higgins, wsj.com, 25 Apr. 2023
• After riding the pine for most of the game, the player must quickly get loose and face a relief pitcher, who is often throwing upwards of 100 mph with a nasty breaking ball.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2023
• Stands of Mature Pine Likewise, turkeys will often roost in mature pines for shelter.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 18 Apr. 2023
• Kouyate has many clients who are languishing in the shelters, running out of money, running out of patience, and pining for home.
  — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2023
• One pines for the days when wickedness took the plump and tangible form of a man named Goldfinger, whose only digital ambition was to get his fingers on gold.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2023
• Despite the years Pen has spent pining for Colin, the show pairs them off without much fuss to make way for the real relationship conflict between Pen and Eloise.
  — Aja Romano, Vox, 16 May 2024
• The Warriors are a veteran team trying to hold onto the last vestiges of dominance—and perhaps pining for grudges that expired a half-decade ago.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
• And some zoos collect pines for use in animal enrichment programs.
  — Nicole Clausing, Sunset Magazine, 19 Jan. 2023
• For the Paralympic athletes, at least one runner on Thursday pined for a para-specific competition at the state meet.
  — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 16 May 2024
• Meanwhile, an adoring fan base pines for the product the men made together, even as the two remain estranged—victims, perhaps, of their own runaway success.
  — Indrani Sen, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2024
• This act of mean girl-ism sets off a domino effect for the latter episodes that sees Emily try and push aside any lingering feelings for Gabriel, pretending not to be pining for him, as Genevieve puts on the moves.
  — Lucy Ford, TIME, 12 Sep. 2024
• Wonderful motorcycles certainly came out of that new era, but many of us still pine for those simple yet versatile ULMs that carried us through our young adult years.
  — William Roberson, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Dec 2024