pining
Example Sentences
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“Audiences are pining for novelty, especially younger demographics.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Speaking to the BBC from New York, Baranski said she had been pining to return to her theatre roots for some time.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 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
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
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