Examples of longing in a Sentence
They looked with longing toward freedom.
She cast a look of longing at the shop window.
She never told anyone about her secret longings.
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With this new creation, Liu turns our gaze back to earth, exploring the existential solitude and quiet observation of these aging machines as metaphors for diasporic longing, technological obsolescence and the search for connection and purpose.
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Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
The characters become avatars for our own longing, heartbreak, hopefulness and grief ...
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 23 July 2025
Not an uplifting movie but a potent one, with Abbott a highly watchable figure of ambivalence, longing, and regret.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 21 July 2025
Even when Gordon’s songs don’t make narrative sense, they are underpinned by feelings of dread, longing, and frustration; some of them are nearly combative.
—Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
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Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
The characters become avatars for our own longing, heartbreak, hopefulness and grief ...
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 23 July 2025
Not an uplifting movie but a potent one, with Abbott a highly watchable figure of ambivalence, longing, and regret.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 21 July 2025
Even when Gordon’s songs don’t make narrative sense, they are underpinned by feelings of dread, longing, and frustration; some of them are nearly combative.
—Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for longing
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“Longing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/longing. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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