longing

Example Sentences

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Trot songs often express "han" - a deep-seated feeling of sorrow, resentment and longing shaped by Korea's history of foreign subjugation and one of the most enduring themes in Korean culture.

From BBC

“In a landscape where dating apps encourage efficiency and optionality, longing becomes a way of resisting closure,” writes one, and that yearning “allows feelings to exist without being immediately tested against reality.”

From Salon

Despite the screwball setup, “The Hitch” is, as much as anything, a moving meditation on loneliness, longing and familial short leashes.

From The Wall Street Journal

She embodied a loveliness, a presence, I was longing for; something I hadn’t found in L.A. — or had lost.

From Los Angeles Times

She needed a break from staring at the computer screen longing for a lost Post-it.

From Literature