longingly

Example Sentences

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Longingly looking at the vacant cafe, two of the members of our group said they both used to visit all the time.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2023

Longingly, the woman recalled the facilities at the trailhead.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 24, 2013

Longingly, eagerly, as if it were for the last time, and as if he must harvest all the light ere it was yet night, the boy's large brown eyes drank in the soft radiance.

From The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister by Hillern, Wilhelmine von

Longingly I watched it; tingling to my finger tips I blessed it.

From Wings of the Wind by Harris, Credo Fitch

Longingly, although the questioning look had left them.

From On the Firing Line by Fuller, Hamilton Brock