Sentence examples for with a longing for from inspiring English sources

"Once you conquer a regular marathon, you're left with a longing for more," he said.

Born in Secaucus, he grew up with a longing for the country that his parents had fled.

Yet the pleasure-seeking Ms. Elliott has reacted to the deaths around her with a longing for happier times.

Gazing into the mirror, he notices the heavy bags under his eyes and his sagging chin and is seized with a longing for his lost youth.

Even in these, however, there is the paradox of contempt for human behaviour hand in hand with a longing for human order.

The sense of progress was often accompanied by a sense of loss; the celebration of the new was tinged with a longing for the old.

He was awarded the prestigious Order of Merit (there are only 24 at any one time), but his public life shrouded his secret homosexuality and, with it, a longing for the exotic East.

Fall is a cozy season, and with that comes a longing for tiny towns with quaint B&Bs and little carriage tours.

With age comes a longing for those wonderful times of youth and like most people I have no problem in clinging to the belief that everything was better when I was growing up.

A lucky few begin the year hugging a piece of shiny hardware, while most wake up with empty hands and a longing for what might have been.

Sure, there are people who wear yoga tank trousers without ever having attended a class, but, Ms. Macy said, that might indicate "that there is something deeper going on with those people -- a longing for something more spiritual in their lives".