pining

Example Sentences

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“Audiences are pining for novelty, especially younger demographics.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

For decades engineers, architects, futurists, industrialists, investors and politicians have been pining for a better, faster and cheaper way to build homes.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

In his seven-figure Olympian existence, we can step out of our solitary pining into an enviable characterization, one that is seldom offered to characters that look and love like us.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026

These include that Takeshi Okawara, the manager of Japan's first KFC outlet, overheard foreigners pining for turkey, which is often eaten at Christmas in Britain and the United States.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

It’s not like I expected him to sit home all weekend, pining for me, but would it have killed him to act a little disappointed?

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson