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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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This longing is answered when Joseph Percival (Dan Lin) makes an emergency airplane landing that shatters the Tarletons’ greenhouse.
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
Acknowledging that your longing for fun is a normal part of life may give you room to deal with it in a less expensive way.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2024
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
Acknowledging that your longing for fun is a normal part of life may give you room to deal with it in a less expensive way.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2024
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“Longing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/longing. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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