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
Why should you pine away in wretchedness and misery in this horrible place?
From Folk-Tales of Bengal by Day, Lal Behari
And these women accepted dishonour, because they could not bear to see their little ones pine away and die, while others could not withstand the troubles and vexations that lay in store for good women.
From Six Women and the Invasion by Yerta, Gabrielle
