pine for
phrasal verb
pined for; pining for; pines for
: to feel very sad because one wants (something) or because one is not with (someone)
She was pining for the old days.
He's pining for his college sweetheart.
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The show instantly developed a cult following that still pines for its return after being canceled following 2019’s season two.
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Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 July 2024
My American friend was aware of this love-gap and felt as if my time was better spent pining for love rather than enjoying the romantic experience of solitude.
—Chanté Joseph, refinery29.com, 17 Apr. 2024
Mariah remix is making — stamps it to an era of millennials and Gen X–ers pining for bygone culture, while zoomers discover and distort their parents’ favorites.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2024
Nor will readers find much evidence here that the Serbs—let alone the Bosnians—are nostalgic for Karadzic, even in his capacity as a faith healer, or that the Kosovar Albanians are pining for the days of domination by Serbia.
—Timothy Garton Ash, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2018
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Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 July 2024
My American friend was aware of this love-gap and felt as if my time was better spent pining for love rather than enjoying the romantic experience of solitude.
—Chanté Joseph, refinery29.com, 17 Apr. 2024
Mariah remix is making — stamps it to an era of millennials and Gen X–ers pining for bygone culture, while zoomers discover and distort their parents’ favorites.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2024
Nor will readers find much evidence here that the Serbs—let alone the Bosnians—are nostalgic for Karadzic, even in his capacity as a faith healer, or that the Kosovar Albanians are pining for the days of domination by Serbia.
—Timothy Garton Ash, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2018
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“Pine for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pine%20for. Accessed 8 Sep. 2024.
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