pine after
verb
pined after; pining after; pines after
US
: to want or desire (someone or something) very much
teenage girls pining after rock stars
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People will be pining after retro games with big, chunky pixels, as well as film cameras.
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Shagun Khare, Martha Stewart, 31 Dec. 2025
Yet even as Pym stalked him, slept with him, and pined after him, there was an element of unreality in her ardor, Harvey recalled.
—Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
The whole movie is just about her pining after this man.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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Shagun Khare, Martha Stewart, 31 Dec. 2025
Yet even as Pym stalked him, slept with him, and pined after him, there was an element of unreality in her ardor, Harvey recalled.
—Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
The whole movie is just about her pining after this man.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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“Pine after.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pine%20after. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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