Sentence examples for longed to feel from inspiring English sources

They were finance nerds who longed to feel like gladiators.

The astonishing raid — long and secretively planned, stealthily launched, boldly and bravely and absolutely perfectly executed — was evidence of an American capability and purpose that we have longed to feel amid all the disappointments of the past decade of war.

It remains one of my strongest memories of the time after Sept. 11 and how I as an individual and we as a whole nation longed to feel better.

My goal was to be more present, and I longed to feel free.

As a bride, I longed to feel beautiful and feminine, or a life-size Barbie Doll complete with voluptuous, womanly curves.

Nancy had all the money she could ever want, and yet as she went to bed every night, she longed to feel a man's arms around her again making her feel safe and loved.

Once the busy manager of a supermarket-size liquor store, she longs to feel useful.

"He longs to feel and to act and to arrange things according to his desires — in short, to be a hero.

Longing to feel more rooted in nature, she and her husband, Chris, 48, the chief executive of the British firm Northgate Information Solutions, found their way to this picturesque setting in southern Spain.

For me, it took so long to feel that power".

"It doesn't take long to feel this is a special place".