wistfully

Example Sentences

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Gibson talks wistfully about their teen years, coming out, dating — they remain friends with all their exes — and being bullied.

From Salon

"If you do cyber-crime long enough you lose your edge," he says, wistfully.

From BBC

In this, Jen’s 10th book, she wistfully, unsparingly commemorates that “spring” — a punishing mother she nevertheless credits for “biting my heel.”

From Los Angeles Times

So the album opens with the familiar, always timeless voice of Steve Earle, telling the story of Hopper’s childhood, wistfully looking at the trains heading west and dreaming of the future.

From Salon

“We’d seen a lot of bands there, so playing there was like the dream,” the singer says wistfully of those early days.

From Los Angeles Times