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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It is tied to this accelerating, forward looking time that leaves things behind and therefore creates the sense of loss and longing.
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Scott Neuman, NPR, 12 Nov. 2025
Bodies are entangled, longing looks exchanged, maybe even a few shirts ripped off for effect.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
This is where we are collectively called to look at where familiarity and longing are actually a form of confinement.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 11 Nov. 2025
Blending Sufi classics, absurdist dreams, careful mathematical calculations and lyrical narratives, Ismailov invents an ingenious transnational poetics of love and longing for the digital age.
—Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
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Scott Neuman, NPR, 12 Nov. 2025
Bodies are entangled, longing looks exchanged, maybe even a few shirts ripped off for effect.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
This is where we are collectively called to look at where familiarity and longing are actually a form of confinement.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 11 Nov. 2025
Blending Sufi classics, absurdist dreams, careful mathematical calculations and lyrical narratives, Ismailov invents an ingenious transnational poetics of love and longing for the digital age.
—Literary Hub, 10 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 23 Nov. 2025.
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