nostalgic

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Galsworthy did not take up these characters again until 1918 when he wrote a radiant, nostalgic short story called “Indian Summer of a Forsyte.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

"Around 9 pm, I was feeling suffocated and nostalgic, so I got in the car to drive around town," a 28-year-old woman told AFP on Monday on condition that her identity be protected.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

And I’m not a nostalgic person, so I choose not to go out.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

Sometimes we're too nostalgic about the good old years.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

“Alain-Fournier is your first true master. He is nostalgic and tragic and enchantible and he aches and you will ache too and best of everything, he is true.”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell