pining
Example Sentences
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Investors have been pining to own SpaceX for years.
From Barron's • May 24, 2026
“I’m pining so badly,” he later implored, “I could throw myself down on the ground before you!”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Speaking to the BBC from New York, Baranski said she had been pining to return to her theatre roots for some time.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
And in an especially disturbing fundraising email sent in the very early morning hours of Feb. 13, Trump evoked the image of a lonely lover pining for company.
From Salon • Feb. 24, 2026
The humid, chlorine-tainted air warms me, and is a welcome reminder of the solitude I’ve been pining for.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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