wistfully
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Inara George looks back on it now as wistfully as someone remembering a love affair or a semester abroad.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026
"I don't know what he's going to do," she says wistfully.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
Days later, the conservative and lifelong Atlanticist wistfully called on Germans to put aside nostalgia for an America they had known and loved for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
At one point, he remarks wistfully that forests don’t smell the way they used to.
From Slate • Nov. 12, 2025
Dumbledore was smiling wistfully out of the front cover of a glossy book.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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