Examples of longing in a Sentence
They looked with longing toward freedom.
She cast a look of longing at the shop window.
She never told anyone about her secret longings.
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The intention was to show the passion for each other, and that this is the culmination of all the waiting and longing and yearning.
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Sam Reed, Glamour, 18 Sep. 2025
This revival reflects a broader longing for a time when the future still felt wide open, which is also a major reason for the rise of nostalgia core.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The text is a matrix of longing and loathing, the two states often indistinguishable.
—Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
Who is to say that the longing wasn’t the most purposeful agent of that change?
—Rachel Kushner, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
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Sam Reed, Glamour, 18 Sep. 2025
This revival reflects a broader longing for a time when the future still felt wide open, which is also a major reason for the rise of nostalgia core.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The text is a matrix of longing and loathing, the two states often indistinguishable.
—Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
Who is to say that the longing wasn’t the most purposeful agent of that change?
—Rachel Kushner, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for longing
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“Longing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/longing. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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