pining

At that point, Lightbody was pining for a woman who'd rejected his advances.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

By all accounts, investors are pining for shares.

From Barron's ● May 22, 2026

“I’m pining so badly,” he later implored, “I could throw myself down on the ground before you!”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

And in an especially disturbing fundraising email sent in the very early morning hours of Feb. 13, Trump evoked the image of a lonely lover pining for company.

From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2026

He had obviously never stopped pining for his own home and master; although he ate well and his coat was glossy with health, he never maintained anything but a dignified, unyielding distance.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford

Through countless cosmos, breakups, musings and pinings, we felt we knew her – well, the characters she helped craft anyway.

From US News ● Jan. 13, 2014

His whims ye must follow,   His transports though fleet,   His pinings too sweet Though often comes sorrow, The thousand delights   The wounds of his darts    Still charm all the hearts.

From The Imaginary Invalid by Wall, Charles Heron

The older hands laughed at their pinings, derided their complaints, and swore that they would rather die and starve there, than return home with empty purses, to be the scorn and laughing-stock of all Hispaniola.

From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter

Do not the dews of darkness steep All pinings of the day in sleep?

From Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes Volume I. by De la Mare, Walter

I confess that I have no heart pinings for such nonconformists as Dr. Mary Walker or any other individual who believes that eccentricity, serving no purpose but to make one conspicuous, is interesting.

From A String of Amber Beads by Holden, Martha Everts