Sentence examples for longing to know from inspiring English sources

Executives at the posher kind of supermarket must be longing to know how the Norwegians did it.

I was longing to know how she would justify the occasionally clunky additions to Austen's glorious dialogue?

But it does leave one tantalised, longing to know what Wilmers, Bennett, Miller and company thought of Nina – and what they said about her behind her back.

Anyone who visits Newport, R.I., looks through the imposing iron gates of the private mansions called "summer cottages," longing to know what's inside.

Such is his fascination with it and such is the relish with which he performs simulated gay sex onscreen, I couldn't help but think that he's longing to know how it really feels to be gay.

Many, like the photo of the closet, above, of Tracy Quan, an author and former call girl, leave you longing to know more about the life of the garments, and their owners.

I was longing to live all of the things I talked about and knew were possible.

Small wonder that the vampire, desperately fighting against darker urges, longing to be known and loved, is familiar... and so seductive.

"I think I was longing, really, to know my ancestors better - the immediate ancestors.

You'll leave longing to return, and who knows, maybe even singing with joy. 4 p.m. 1) CHANGES BY THE HOUR In the mornings, the historic Bairro Alto quarter belongs to the old men and women who navigate the hilly cobblestone streets with ease.

The 19th-century Russian literary trope of longing to escape the provinces (best known from Chekhov's three sisters' desperate invocation of "Moscow") feels like the launch pad for this intriguing story about a 19th-century Russian who looked not just to a westerly metropolis, but vertically upwards, into the stars.