pining

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Pining piccolos, flutes and strings were strung through the third with the tension of the suspension bridge.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2022

My RBF typically turns into Pining Puppydog Face and I become flustered.

From The Guardian • Jun. 12, 2018

“I’m sitting here just pining. Pining for a bite!”

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2016

“I’m sitting here just pining. Pining for a bite.”

From Time • Apr. 18, 2016

But in her grannie's house this spirit—   A child as lone as she— Pining for love not found on earth,   Ann dreams again to see.

From Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes Volume II. by De la Mare, Walter