wistful

Example Sentences

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We’re often wistful when we land back at SFO with the feeling that our travel ended too soon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Some people who don’t expect an inheritance might feel wistful or even sad about their financial prospects, especially when relatives and friends are on the receiving end.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

They were signs of a nation’s respect, or at least wistful nostalgia.

From Slate • Feb. 6, 2026

Shane Boose, from New York, became Sombr when he posted his first song, the gorgeously wistful Caroline, on TikTok at the age of 16 in 2022.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

His eyes, one a gentle tea brown, the other milky, both rimmed in silver whiskers, watched me with wistful sadness.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer