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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In Die My Love, Lawrence plays Grace, a mother struggling with postpartum depression and her longing for connection, especially with her boyfriend Jackson, the part played by Pattinson.
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Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Jan. 2026
Directed by the irreplaceable Anne Kauffman, Marjorie Prime (flawlessly performed by June Squibb, Cynthia Nixon, Danny Burstein and Christopher Lowell) suggests that few of us could resist the unholy temptation, and that all of our technological know-how won’t save us from our longings.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2025
And her broader perceptions of Mexico had been shaped over the years by the kind of longing for a homeland that never really fades.
—Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2025
The feeling of longing for a culture from back home started even earlier in the year with Bad Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos.
—Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2025
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Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Jan. 2026
Directed by the irreplaceable Anne Kauffman, Marjorie Prime (flawlessly performed by June Squibb, Cynthia Nixon, Danny Burstein and Christopher Lowell) suggests that few of us could resist the unholy temptation, and that all of our technological know-how won’t save us from our longings.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2025
And her broader perceptions of Mexico had been shaped over the years by the kind of longing for a homeland that never really fades.
—Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2025
The feeling of longing for a culture from back home started even earlier in the year with Bad Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos.
—Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 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 5 Jan. 2026.
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