pine away

Example Sentences

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“I pine away for the guys that were on that team,” he said Tuesday.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2022

It left the 66,839 at Hard Rock Stadium with little to do but pine away for the American Dream of appearing on the giant video board.

From Washington Post • Jan. 1, 2022

Sally was an independent single woman who handled her job as adroitly as her male colleagues and who dated but refused to pine away for romance.

From Washington Times • Dec. 29, 2017

But at court, in the narrow gilded chambers! there I should languish and pine away.

From A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 by Dahn, Felix

Joan curled a lip: he wouldn't pine away for her.

From Joan Thursday by Vance, Louis Joseph