pining
Example Sentences
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Investors have been pining to own SpaceX for years.
From Barron's • May 24, 2026
“Audiences are pining for novelty, especially younger demographics.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 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
For decades engineers, architects, futurists, industrialists, investors and politicians have been pining for a better, faster and cheaper way to build homes.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026
“More cruel than ever. Don’t you see how I’m pining away?” and Laurie gave his broad chest a sounding slap and heaved a melodramatic sigh.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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