longing

Example Sentences

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The one who wondered whether her body would ever cooperate with her longing.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

The title takes its name from a folk song about longing and separation that is often dubbed South Korea's unofficial national anthem.

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026

Still, there’s something genuine-seeming about Styles’ longing to retreat.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

Asked to paint them out, Gainsborough revised the work into an image of longing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

And it was there, watching them, that the longing finally stirred in me to make friends with the water, and to move with it in effortless harmony, like they did.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo