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 Renaissance’s old love language — the naughty puns, the sighs of longing and strategies of seduction, the paeans to the beauty of beloveds masked by fanciful Greek and Latin names — had grown obsolete long before Millay’s time.
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A.o. Scott, New York Times, 1 May 2025
His films, deeply rooted in Kerala’s cultural ethos yet universally resonant, remain timeless explorations of human resilience and longing.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Apr. 2025
There's something so human about that desire, a longing for immortality, our existential dread of death—of not being.
—ArsTechnica, 25 Apr. 2025
The story of four women and their loves, longings and desires.
—The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
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A.o. Scott, New York Times, 1 May 2025
His films, deeply rooted in Kerala’s cultural ethos yet universally resonant, remain timeless explorations of human resilience and longing.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Apr. 2025
There's something so human about that desire, a longing for immortality, our existential dread of death—of not being.
—ArsTechnica, 25 Apr. 2025
The story of four women and their loves, longings and desires.
—The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 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 15 May. 2025.
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