wistfulness
Example Sentences
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Sometimes an air of wistfulness accompanies these admissions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
As much as you might plan to stay involved in their lives through frequent video chats and phone calls, mild wistfulness can turn into intense sorrow with each passing month.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
If you detect the slightest note of wistfulness there, you’re not wrong.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
All of the romance and wistfulness of the concert can’t undo years of heartbreak and resentment.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2026
After a moment of wistfulness, I try to let go of these memories, let go of my friends from Kunu Yaku, my beautiful cow, all the other sweet parts of my old life.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
