Sentence examples for wistful idea from inspiring English sources

It's a wistful idea: We're merely the science fair project of a kid in another universe.

Well, it's high time we named and shamed, and had a look at some of those wistful ideas that had us head-over-heels for the future, only to get there and find out it wasn't to be.

The wistful thought of friends whose idea of a good foundation for their favorite beverage is something mixed with distilled water.

The wistful thought of friends whose idea of a good foundation for their favorite beverage is something mixed with distilled water... View Article By Malcolm Gladwell By Rivka Galchen By David Remnick By Jia Tolentino.

The phrases are irregular, and the seemingly wistful opening idea is immediately repeated with an unusual insistence.

Hirst looks slightly wistful at the idea.

Still, you can't help feeling wistful about the idea that at one time people would turn out to watch their neighbors raise a giant flagpole or push a large ball plastered with political slogans from town to town.

"I am obsessed with the Great Depression and with former showgirls — and the Victorians — the idea of wistful, dark romance," she says, albeit in a very sunny voice.

"I hate to say it's dead, but I can't say it's alive and healthy," Mr. Doherty says of the incineration idea, sounding wistful.

Spurts of movement — diagonal runs from the wings; slow, exaggerated steps; and springy jumps — often serve to accentuate the wistful text, which magnifies the idea of multiple, insecure fathers-to-be.

It's a musical trend that recycles ideas into something soft and wistful.