longing

More will flick on the radio or TV on a freezing winter's night in the UK longing to be warmed by news from the other side of the planet.

This isn’t a denial of infertility’s heartbreak or a dismissal of would-be parents’ longing to nurture.

Penelope settled in a chair as well, but she glanced with longing at the window seat.

The boy cast a longing glance in the direction of the bird’s departure, but he did not argue.

With a parting glance at the Hixby’s Guide—did Penelope imagine it, or was it a longing, greedy, covetous sort of glance?—he left.