pining
Example Sentences
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Investors have been pining to own SpaceX for years.
From Barron's • May 24, 2026
“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
Their plight at the hugely unpopular and vast former athletics track is well documented, with fans pining for Upton Park's intimidating atmosphere.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026
I lay awake thinking about her, wondering how she was, and pining, grieving.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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