Sentence examples for as I longed from inspiring English sources

I feared the label exactly as much as I longed for the reality of contact with other boys.

I wanted to yank my hand away even as I longed to stand there forever with our sweaty palms folded together.

As much as I longed to be a part of the city, the business of being a striving New Yorker made no sense to me in the wake of my mother's death.

Could it be that she longed to be my friend as much as I longed for her to be soft and warm and kind to me, but that we never knew how to bridge the chasm of pain that forever made me fear her more than love her? I'll never know the truth.

The show's reputation along those lines had kept me away, even as I longed to examine Claire Danes's portrayal of Carrie Mathison as a conflicted C.I.A. agent immersed in a male-dominated world, and engaging with Middle Eastern and Muslim characters.

All winter, as I longed for the season to start, in that way of youthful fans I absorbed almost involuntarily the stats from the 1957 season.

"This is one of the best squads the club has had for as I long as I can remember.

As I said, long shots sometimes win.

I'll do it as long as I can, as long as I still want to.

"I plan on pitching as long as I can, as long as I'm having fun," Wakefield told me earlier this year.

As Long As I Love.