Sentence examples for wistful thinking from inspiring English sources

He grows wistful thinking about two girls in bloomers punching each other.

The crowds of people in T-shirts and cargo shorts waiting to see "Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years" at the Metropolitan Museum might be wistful, thinking that ladylike manners and afternoon teas died out with disco.

"It's wistful thinking on behalf of our opponents -- they said they think they can carry Florida," Mr. Bush said at the airport.

Milliners indulge in wistful thinking every four years, but with less and less conviction.

Nick used to get wistful thinking about living nearer his brother, but a move to Cheshire was out of the question because of our work and his daughter.

Mr. Towner, who turned 70 this month, furnished the harmonic scaffolding and undercurrent of each tune, beginning with the polyrhythmic drift of "Punta Giara" and moving on to the fragile rubato of "Wistful Thinking".

This book reminds me of the past, but not in a wistful, thinking-back-on-your-first-time-getting-laid way.

Unfortunately it was all just a year of wishful, wistful, magical thinking.

And several episodes end with him thinking deep, wistful thoughts about his daughter.

While the record doesn't intentionally recount his journey through those dark days, it's impossible not to listen to the likes of its wistful title song without thinking about its context.

We get a wistful tear to the eye thinking back to the interview we did with her for Art Talk about how she'd invite strange, lonely, saggy-bellied men to come upstairs in her apartment and wiggle to Britney Spears with her or draw shitty drawings of her in ruffly undies while she videotaped the entire uncomfortable thing.