nostalgia
Example Sentences
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There is a strange nostalgia in realizing that something once so immediate now belongs increasingly to people who know it only as the past.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
While some footage exists of those illicit outdoor parties, they came before everyone had phones and cameras - and Chawawa, 33, feels a pang of nostalgia for that age of analogue abandon.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
A curdled mug of nostalgia for adult-size puppets leading children around candy-hued soundstage sets, “Buddy” is a horror comedy scraped from the fuzzy lining of low-rent kiddie programming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Compared to other quick-service competitors, who are increasingly offering labyrinthine menus with new products rolled out seasonally and limited runs of nostalgia items, Cane’s menu feels sparse, with a sort of Steve Jobs Apple-era minimalism.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
He feels no nostalgia for the vacations he’s spent with his family, and he realizes now that they were never really true vacations at all.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
Vocabulary lists containing nostalgia
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