longing
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"The relief on his face was very obvious, and he said, send a message to everybody, send them my love, tell them I love them and tell them I'm longing to see them."
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
After processing the heartache of losing another parent in a different way, Tomlinson allowed herself to miss the good memories with her father and assuage any longing for revenge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
She says she loves her summer job and is very aware many of her friends are at home and longing to be able to work.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Ms. Aviv opens her book by describing her own mother’s longing to become a writer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
“There in Mexico I was thinking of you all the time, and longing for you.”
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
He has no apparent convictions, only Freudian longings for an idealized childhood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
His voice - bruised, buttery and intimate - has been an inescapable undercurrent of Bollywood, narrating heartbreaks, longings and reconciliations for millions for more than a decade.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026
‘Gods of Want,’ author K-Ming Chang’s follow-up to her dazzling debut, ‘Bestiary,’ collects stories of young immigrants haunted by ghosts and longings.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2025
One of our most fundamental longings as social beings is to belong, especially to a community.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2024
A dizzying collage of smells, moments, emotions, longings sped through Sierra’s entire body.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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