pine away
Example Sentences
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“I pine away for the guys that were on that team,” he said Tuesday.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2022
It left the 66,839 at Hard Rock Stadium with little to do but pine away for the American Dream of appearing on the giant video board.
From Washington Post • Jan. 1, 2022
Sally was an independent single woman who handled her job as adroitly as her male colleagues and who dated but refused to pine away for romance.
From Washington Times • Dec. 29, 2017
"You assured me that if I was churlish enough to leave, Miles would slowly sicken and pine away!"
From The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century by Heyer, Georgette
Solid tradesmen are crippled, people who drove their carriages have to walk, lovers whose wedding-day was fixed have to wait, and sometimes pine away in single blessedness.
From Black Diamonds by Jókai, Mór
