wistfully
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"Americans visiting Singapore can be forgiven for wistfully wondering why our own cities don't seem so well-managed," he wrote in his book Triumph of the City.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
“The silent one-clouded heavens drifted on to the sea,” he notes wistfully.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
At one point, he remarks wistfully that forests don’t smell the way they used to.
From Slate • Nov. 12, 2025
In this, Jen’s 10th book, she wistfully, unsparingly commemorates that “spring” — a punishing mother she nevertheless credits for “biting my heel.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025
“I wish we did not need to hide it,” I said wistfully, though I knew that it was wisest not to provoke my father and the king by the revelation.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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