pining
Example Sentences
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By all accounts, investors are pining for shares.
From Barron's • May 22, 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
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
You wasted almost half a year screwing around and pining over some girl you've never even met in person.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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