wistfully
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Wistfully, we still wear the logo caps and the fading T-shirts.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 28, 2023
Wistfully, warily, Allison observes, “What is a dream but a hope you hold onto?/A lie that you wish would come true.”
From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2022
Wistfully, he looked up at the sky and inhaled, as if exhilarated by the sight.
From Washington Times • Jun. 30, 2018
Wistfully, she sings a calypso-like wartime ditty that reflects the warmth many then felt: “Sam, my dear Uncle Sam, would you please come back to Guam,” it goes.
From Time • Aug. 16, 2017
Wistfully the woman asked Katie not to let it get damp or cold, to leave the bedroom doors open in winter so a little heat would get through from the kitchen and prevent warping.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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