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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.
Recent Examples of longing from the Web
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My only longing is to serve and to keep the world spinning forward for the LGBTQ community in whatever way I’m meant to.
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Their own longing for a spirited hookup had so far led to nothing.
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A woman moving so far beyond delicate, weepy declarations of loss and longing to express explicit rage in the context of a sexual relationship does not, traditionally, a Top 40 single make.
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And so much of your writing deals quite candidly with women’s failure and longing.
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Trouble is, nostalgia often opens a window to longing.
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Matthew Perry wrote and stars in The End of Longing, an off-Broadway play about four people struggling with love and addiction.
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Stare at enough photos of them on Pinterest, and the longing may pass.
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On Friday, Mojo ran along the fence of the Homeward Bound campus, occasionally pressing his nose up against it with a longing look.
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First Known Use of longing
before 12th century
LONGING Defined for English Language Learners
longing
playDefinition of longing for English Language Learners
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: a strong desire for something or someone
LONGING Defined for Kids
longing
playDefinition of longing for Students
: a very strong desire
longingly
adverbLearn More about longing
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Thesaurus: All synonyms and antonyms for longing Spanish Central: Translation of longing Nglish: Translation of longing for Spanish speakers Britannica English: Translation of longing for Arabic speakers
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