pining
Example Sentences
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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
His public pining for a Nobel Peace Prize.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 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
Claudia had a longtime crush on a guy named Connor, pining for him through most of high school and at the start of college.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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