longing
Example Sentences
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If there’s one thing “Eternity” wants from its viewer, it’s for them to move on, release the human longing for control.
From Salon
More will flick on the radio or TV on a freezing winter's night in the UK longing to be warmed by news from the other side of the planet.
From BBC
This isn’t a denial of infertility’s heartbreak or a dismissal of would-be parents’ longing to nurture.
The anecdotes that Huet presents are deeply troubling, all the more so because of OneTaste members’ vulnerability and longing for connection and community.
From Los Angeles Times
And when that longing becomes too acute, he starts to help them — gathering their firewood, repairing their fences, performing small miracles of labor under cover of night.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
