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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Matisse Thybulle dutifully signed autographs from kids who pined for a signature from a solid role player.
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Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
They’ve been folded into xenophobic and antisemitic edits pining for an Aryan ethnostate.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
In between bickering with Rodgers and pining for a young would-be protégé named Elizabeth, played by Margaret Qualley, Hart gossips to the bartender—Eddie, portrayed by Bobby Cannavale—and begs him for just one more pour.
—Kyle McGovern, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
And now, 20 Final Thoughts from Week 8, which left me pining for a Vanderbilt-Indiana national championship game.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
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Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
They’ve been folded into xenophobic and antisemitic edits pining for an Aryan ethnostate.
—Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
In between bickering with Rodgers and pining for a young would-be protégé named Elizabeth, played by Margaret Qualley, Hart gossips to the bartender—Eddie, portrayed by Bobby Cannavale—and begs him for just one more pour.
—Kyle McGovern, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
And now, 20 Final Thoughts from Week 8, which left me pining for a Vanderbilt-Indiana national championship game.
—Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pine for
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“Pine for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pine%20for. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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