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yearningly

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dearly
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Which brings me to Pine’s latest, “The Contractor,” a thriller that yearningly evokes the Bourne series while never approaching its level.

From New York Times Mar. 31, 2022

The earlier 1990s records had been more yearningly odd and exploratory, but the five Magnetic Fields albums that followed 69 Love Songs inevitably fell under its elongated shadow.

From Slate Mar. 8, 2017

She vomited that news out, mockingly, yearningly, with a shrug or with a finger pointed at the audience.

From The New Yorker Feb. 16, 2015

Exhibitions and installations by international stars round out the permanent collection, which includes Anselm Kiefer’s yearningly beautiful Seven Heavenly Palaces, produced for the 2004 opening.

From Forbes Sep. 20, 2014

Siddhartha thought yearningly and bitterly about his son, nursed his love and feeling of tenderness for him, let the pain gnaw at him, underwent all the follies of love.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse




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