pining
Example Sentences
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By all accounts, investors are pining for shares.
From Barron's • May 22, 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
It’s still an expansive saga, though a graceless opening had this viewer pining for the 2024 French version with Pierre Niney as Edmond Dantès.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
There’s no evidence that this generation intends to make pining their only romantic activity; it’s more that they are very content, at the moment, to luxuriate in the many conduits for yearning available to them.
From Salon • Feb. 21, 2026
The poor black-and-white rodent had been by himself for the past eighteen months, and Virgil couldn’t help but think he’d been pining the hours away in desperate loneliness.
From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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