longing eye
Example Sentences
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It’s a balm, a longing eye and a soft smile, a confident embrace.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2015
When the Jarvis property had been put up for sale, Mr. Martin had looked with a longing eye upon the Teeter farm, where The Dale stood.
From 'Lizbeth of the Dale by Mary Esther Miller MacGregor
If the frost broke up we should have magnificent runs, and we looked at the country with a longing eye.
From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida
At an early period of my captivity, the chief and some other Indians had cast a longing eye on my clothes, and tried to seduce me into parting with them.
From The Captive in Patagonia by Benjamin Franklin Bourne
The general result of this was that wherever there was fishing to be secured I got it, and was seldom without opportunity of turning that longing eye of which I aforetime spoke to the waterside.
From Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler by William Senior
