pining

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

And in an especially disturbing fundraising email sent in the very early morning hours of Feb. 13, Trump evoked the image of a lonely lover pining for company.

From Salon • Feb. 24, 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

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

When told I'm like the guy still pining for his eight-track tapes, I say, "You have eight-tracks? Where?"

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris