wistfulness

Example Sentences

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All of the romance and wistfulness of the concert can’t undo years of heartbreak and resentment.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2026

When we got home three months later, though, I was surprised by the waves of wistfulness about what I wasn’t coming back to—the sense of accomplishment and purpose and identity, the newsroom camaraderie, the paycheck.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Schneider said he and many of those active in the Yiddish scene are alive to the "danger of becoming really wrapped in a ball of nostalgia and wistfulness".

From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025

Co-produced with Edgar Barrera and Sky Rompiendo, the song toils with the wistfulness of what never came to be, and the hope of what could become.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2024

He must have caught the wistfulness in my smile, because he stopped chuckling, studied my expression, and said, “Vinye, why are you asking me all these questions?”

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo