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Discover LudwigIt is grammatically correct to use "longing that" in a sentence, but it may not be used often in spoken English.
It is typically used in written English, particularly in literature or formal writing. It can convey a strong, intense desire or yearning for something. Example: "She sat on the porch, her heart filled with longing that her lost love would return to her one day."
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He omits the element of attraction, the human conflation of mystery and longing that leads circuitously toward the divine.
The sense of longing that haunts the play — "Love me.
It's longing that I want to spare him.
Camelia Danciu's voice is so full of longing that, even with language skills limited to the items translated on the menu, I understand her sense of nostalgia.
Her awareness of the relationship between song structure and emotional through-line helped her to turn a beautifully sung version of Cole Porter's "In the Still of the Night" into a fully realized expression of longing that dissolves into fear.
We aspire to remain in this place of inner receptivity, this place of waiting in the darkness and longing that belong to the heart's prayer.
The sense of longing that pours from both Knightley and Ruffalo is nicely calibrated between the search for love and the love of pursuing the muse.
I hated the gnawing longing that accompanied having everything.
It's the longing that makes you like her so much.
But Schoener has tapped into a longing that extends beyond an appreciation of flavors and origins.
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Manyaka, as Chanda, conveys so much with her expressive eyes - fear, shame, anger, intelligence, longing - that it's hard to believe she is an acting novice.
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