Sentence examples for state of longing from inspiring English sources

And don't forget to analyse your own part in this; for some people the state of longing – even over long periods – is delicious and sustainable.

One of us lived in a perpetual state of longing.

The desire to be that kind of actress has put Chastain into a perpetual state of longing to try something new.

"Saudade," the famous Portuguese word that has no apt translation, could be described as a profound state of longing for something you love.

We're no shrinks, but we do recognise the delicate sound of thunderous yearning when we hear it, and this pair obviously spent their formative years in a near-permanent state of longing for the Other Place.

We domestic sensualists live in a state of longing, no matter how comfortable our own places are".

That was a time of happy mutual experimentation, but in the past year Bastien has switched his sexual allegiance to girls, leaving Johnny in a state of confused longing.

This libretto provided him with a string of opportunities to convey, through music of almost classical restraint and elegance, states of longing, anguish, fury and, a Rossini specialty, confusion.

It's blues: long and full of longing.

The Andromeda, a sudden pang of longing.

But there is also a feeling of longing for what was before.