wistfully
Example Sentences
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"I don't know what he's going to do," she says wistfully.
From BBC
Days later, the conservative and lifelong Atlanticist wistfully called on Germans to put aside nostalgia for an America they had known and loved for decades.
In “The Rest of Our Lives,” Tom is a modern melancholic, and some of the stops on his journey are to see people he wistfully associates with his youth.
“The silent one-clouded heavens drifted on to the sea,” he notes wistfully.
“Maybe even jam cake,” Beowulf added wistfully, and began to drool.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
