longing
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It was still not easy for Gonzalez to leave Manchester City, where he felt settled, but Newcastle will give him the platform he has been longing for as a key player.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
The Queen says she was "longing" to share her experience while launching a cancer support centre just days after learning of her husband's diagnosis, according to the Daily Express.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
His longing for homecoming and the care of his mother seem like recognizably human instincts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
It’s impossible to see an expression on the girl’s face, but a feeling of longing emanates from the glass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
It was a hindrance for someone with such a longing to fly.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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
The setting is still a Swiss alpine hamlet, but the villagers are all members of some puritanical sect and its sleepwalking heroine, Amina, has longings that transcend its limits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
One of our most fundamental longings as social beings is to belong, especially to a community.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2024
Michael, the default English department heartthrob who satisfies his artistic longings by publishing book-long cantos, isn’t fated for such greatness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 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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