Sentence examples similar to pointless longing from inspiring English sources

And longing.

Libraries generate longing.

Goodbye to longing.

— Increased longing for community.

Grief, longing.

Was joy? Was longing?

Respect that longing.

Excitement, anticipation, butterflies, longing?

"lazy lovers' longing").

What am I longing for?

I found myself asking the above at numerous moments during "Longing," the nicely acted but fundamentally pointless Chekhov-inspired mash-up at the Hampstead Theatre.