longingly
Example Sentences
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The 30 franchise owners have spent decades gazing longingly at the other American sports, which all have successfully limited their highest-paid employees’ compensation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
Stephen Colletti made his love for the fish clear, posting a video longingly staring at a full case of salmon in a supermarket.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026
Southern Californians out on Saturday night for Valentine’s Day took a break from staring longingly into each other’s eyes to gaze at something else: a SpaceX rocket blazing across the early evening Southland sky.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
The NBC cameras panned to billionaire’s row to show Jared Kushner chatting with Bezos and Pinchai, with Zuckerberg looking on longingly, as though hoping to be tapped into the conversation himself.
From Slate ● Jan. 20, 2025
Often she was too weak to do anything but sit by the window and look longingly out at the maple tree in the courtyard.
From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr
