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longing eye
noun as in sheep's eyes
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Example Sentences
Nevertheless she could not help but be interested in him and look at times with a longing eye at his interesting face and figure.
Many a longing eye did I cast to the shore, where, in spite of the bloodhounds, I should like to have stretched my cramped limbs.
Mr. Davis grunted, and, with a longing eye at the omnibuses passing over London Bridge, asked a policeman the distance to Clapham.
As I looked at it with a longing eye, the lid began to rise, and I beheld a half-boiled turkey stalk majestically forth.
Farther on, the hills of San Francisco, cottage-crowned and bordered with wharves and warehouses, met his longing eye.
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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to longing eye, such as: amorous glance, bedroom eyes, come-hither look, doe eyes, fond look, and glad eye.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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