Sentence examples for to longing from inspiring English sources
noun
An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
Orchid prefers disdain to longing.
No such excavation was needed during Ms. Lang's performance, which served as a gleaming monument to longing.
After two weeks, I was reduced to longing for the touch of my mother's hand and conjuring fantasies of revenge.
The best pieces in "Happy Endings" are comic, beginning with the first, "Beauty," Blair Fell's ode to longing with a Proustian punch line.
Her voice was earthy and strong, and she had the presence of an actress as she danced a few teasing steps or brought dignity to longing.
They have been feeling restless, wanting to go home, longing to get back to normal.
What's wrong with wanting to win, with longing to be good at something?
In my sorrow I am speaking to her now, longing to hear her say, "You did a good job, baby".
She goes to sleep, ready to rest her weary brain that seems to constantly struggle between longing to change the world and longing to simply enjoy it.
Back at the house it is filled with longing, nothing to carry longing away.
