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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What started as a casual post quickly turned into a platform for intergenerational longing.
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
Thus, a scene filled with longing glances and brushes of touches as each character sheds their clothing before coming together for a romantic joining as the screen fades to black.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Dec. 2025
Those longing for Steven Knight’s Peaky Blinders movie will be well sated by this series, which has the same roiling energy, propulsive scoring, and heavily accented gangsters as the British filmmaker’s most popular work.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Lovelight Farms is a swoony slow-burn full of longing glances and cozy holiday magic.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
Thus, a scene filled with longing glances and brushes of touches as each character sheds their clothing before coming together for a romantic joining as the screen fades to black.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Dec. 2025
Those longing for Steven Knight’s Peaky Blinders movie will be well sated by this series, which has the same roiling energy, propulsive scoring, and heavily accented gangsters as the British filmmaker’s most popular work.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
Lovelight Farms is a swoony slow-burn full of longing glances and cozy holiday magic.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 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 8 Dec. 2025.
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