longing for home

Example Sentences

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After longing for home for five months, even the hot, humid air of the coastal city of Port Sudan felt refreshing on my face.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2023

In Ana Menéndez’s new novel, ‘The Apartment,’ a single unit in a Miami building collects the layered lives of immigrants and others longing for home.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2023

Even without an example of that in your life, there are steps you can take to move beyond your longing for home.

From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2022

Muriel, longing for home, is beckoned by the local racetrack.

From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2019

Of course, every cat behaved like that, but all the same Will felt such a longing for home that tears scalded his eyes.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman