Sentence examples for longing for relief from inspiring English sources

When the movie is over, you can only whisper, like a pious mourner longing for relief, "Peace, Joan, peace".

The mystic likens her longing to be one with God to a powerful erotic longing for relief from her "terrible and painful" passion.

His plays, frequently set in Idaho against the backdrop of majestic mountain ranges and in towns dominated by fast food restaurants, chain stores and churches, grapple with related subjects that were fundamental to Greek tragedy: the limitation of humanity's vision, the place of religion in society and the desperate longing for relief from the alienation of modern life.

Longing for retribution is longing for retribution.

(SUD + ASD 2) I was longing for a relationship for a long time, because that's the standard.

It's not about wanting another baby -- twinges of longing for a tiny human, swaddled and sweet smelling have been replaced by relief over no more diapers or colic or projectile vomit.

— Increased longing for community.

Readers are left longing for a sequel.

"Wow," I said, longing for a photo.

I understood what they were longing for.

I was longing for the Bee Gees.