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
O divine Casildea de Vandalia! wilt thou, then, suffer this thy captive knight to consume and pine away in continual peregrinations and in severest toils?
From The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
They are also apt to pine away and die just at the point of reaching maturity.
From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Jennings, Robert
