wistfully
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“The silent one-clouded heavens drifted on to the sea,” he notes wistfully.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
At one point, he remarks wistfully that forests don’t smell the way they used to.
From Slate • Nov. 12, 2025
"He was 19. He's flying now," Mackesy says wistfully.
From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025
Written and directed by playwright turned filmmaker Celine Song, “Materialists” is the follow-up to the wistfully melancholic “Past Lives,” her 2023 feature debut that was nominated for best picture and original screenplay Oscars.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2025
Had she really wondered, wistfully, a short time earlier, if this dreamer could help her?
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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