Sentence examples for even longed for from inspiring English sources

She even longed for enough to eat.

She even longed for small pleasures like buying her husband a gift without his seeing the cost on their credit card statement.

I even longed for it.

I might even long for some suburban '50s kaffeeklatsch.

And what should persuade them to wish for – even long for – a sustainable future?

There are days when I even long for the paralegal job that once upon a time made me so miserable.

The second part makes perfect sense in view of McGrath's claim that we are "in some way hardwired to think about, even long for, God".

He isn't anxious about dying — maybe even longs for it — but plagued by insecurities and sensitivities, he dreads coming up short, failing to weave an enduring thread into his family's collective memory.

Levy writes that when we choose to cast aside "the devices and apps we use regularly, it should hardly be surprising if we miss them, even long for them at times".

I even long for death to take me away.

It wasn't until Tomanova moved to New York City to pursue a career as an artist that she began to appreciate, and even long for, the kinship with nature that was thrust upon her as a child.