wistful eye

He also avoided the wifie's wistful eye, and he busied himself inside the two kirks all the afternoon.

With a wistful eye she looked after him; sighed and wept again; as the servant who then slyly passed her, observed.

She saw him cast a wistful eye towards the study mantelpiece, as he passed the open door.

He began to gather up his belongings while he followed the movements of Mr. Triscoe with a wistful eye.

“Better to lose the pork than be scalped,” answered the Dominie, though he gazed at the boar with a wistful eye.