pining
Example Sentences
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His public pining for a Nobel Peace Prize.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 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
He is also pining for his young children, with the second one arriving in late November.
From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026
It’s a Friday night, and were not at the Waffle House, and we’re not playing Assassin’s Creed in Nick’s basement, and we’re not pining for Blue.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
