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The phrase "a longing for something better" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing a desire or yearning for improvement or a more favorable situation.
Example: "After years of working in a dead-end job, she felt a longing for something better, something that would fulfill her dreams."
Alternatives: "a desire for improvement" or "a yearning for more".
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As Ms. Peck flits through jetés and pirouettes, she isn't merely performing steps, but is also showing her desire and longing for something better.
IF Jason Somerfeld hadn't been home that weekend morning, he might still be living in his studio apartment, longing for something better.
Embrace the fact that your longing for something better means you are ready for change.
Stop longing for something better and start creating your own adventurous life instead.
It suggests a longing for something big, genuine and heartfelt.
There is a longing for something not contemporary in me, and in many people of course.
Really it's about a longing for something otherworldly, a transcendent state of mind".
This is not so much nostalgia as it a sense of saudade — a longing for something that is absent.
Murph and Bartle are small-town boys from Virginia, boys with "small lives, populated by a longing for something more substantial than dirt roads and small dreams".
Prayer is allowing oneself to be thirsty; it is a longing for something we just cannot seem to find.
"I think that nostalgia is a longing for something in the past — it airs more on the romantic side.
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