longing eye

Example Sentences

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It’s a balm, a longing eye and a soft smile, a confident embrace.

From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2015

Nevertheless she could not help but be interested in him and look at times with a longing eye at his interesting face and figure.

From The "Genius" by Dreiser, Theodore

They know that Uncle Sam has a longing eye on the islands in the Caribbean Sea; and has already tried to negotiate Spain out of her American possessions.

From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) by O'Shea, John Augustus

If the frost broke up we should have magnificent runs, and we looked at the country with a longing eye.

From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida

But they had cast a longing eye on the whale-boat, which, when equipped for service, contained many things very useful to them, and they laid a plan to carry her off, which succeeded.

From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Fitzroy, Robert