Sentence examples for pining from inspiring English sources
"pining" is a correct and usable word in written English
It typically refers to being in a state of longing or longing for something desperately, often used in a romantic context. Example sentence: She was pining for the young man she had met at the beach.
verb
Present participle of pine
Failed DP forward Sherjill MacDonald wants out and is looking to return to Belgium, defensive depth must be addressed, and that international striker everyone is pining for should arrive forthwith.
The Championship is competitive and compelling but you can forgive its managers for sometimes pining for a quieter life at this time of year.
Did he avoid pining to be free as a kind of defence mechanism?
How close we are to other sci-fi inventions we've spent decades pining for?
Unlike the Americans or the Japanese, they are not pining for change.
As ruler, he was stuck there, pining for the jollity of the old days.
In Ohio, where the embattled Gov. Bob Taft (R) is term-limited, some Republicans are pining for Sen. Mike DeWine to return home and run for governor.
Ordinary North Koreans are more likely to be pining for a humble mobile phone of any sort, and now their chances of owning one are increasing.
Commentators who pine for the days of civility and bipartisanship are, whether they realize it or not, pining for the days when the Republican Party accepted the legitimacy of the welfare state, and was even willing to contemplate expanding it.So belief in the legitimacy of the welfare state fell among members of the Republican Party "relatively recently"?
The oil companies want it, pining for clarity so that they can safely increase production.
But it is becoming clear that Mr Abe and the traditionalists, pining for an imperial era from which most of the country has moved on, aim to go further than that.
