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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In it, Stone plays a classic lovelorn office worker not-so-secretly pining for Andy Samberg.
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Emma Specter, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2025
The Jimmys — Fallon and Kimmel — pine for that network audience.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2025
Campaigning for a job is stressful enough without unearned silent treatment from an organization someone’s pining for.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
In a lullaby whisper, Bieber sings of pining for his girl and sticking with her through good times and bad.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 26 July 2025
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Emma Specter, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2025
The Jimmys — Fallon and Kimmel — pine for that network audience.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2025
Campaigning for a job is stressful enough without unearned silent treatment from an organization someone’s pining for.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
In a lullaby whisper, Bieber sings of pining for his girl and sticking with her through good times and bad.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 26 July 2025
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“Pine for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pine%20for. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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