Examples of 'longing' in a sentence

Meaning of "longing"

Longing is a noun that refers to a strong feeling of missing or wanting something
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  • present participle of long
  • An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
  • The buying of a financial instrument with the expectation that its value will rise

How to use "longing" in a sentence

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I am sorrow and longing and hope unfulfilled.
A longing to become one with your breaths.
The words of a son longing for affection.
Still longing for the old plantation.
Burt said he had been longing to have a family.
I was longing for a chance to see you again.
She had such a longing for school.
I am longing my whole life to receive unusual requests.
I expect you are longing to hear the rest.
A longing for something that does not exist.
And a little bit longing for a hierarchy.
Longing for his mommy and daddy.
I have been longing to tell you all day.
Longing for honey bags sense prey.
Her son is longing for his mother.

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Longing for the nectar of her skin.
Homesickness is a longing to go back to where you are from.
Longing to burst forth and take flight.
I have been longing for you for days.
Longing for things to which it has no right.
But was full of longing for my recent past.
A longing for something more than power.
I would be left longing for you again.
I am longing for the smile you deny me.
Who remember with longing an easier time.
The longing after what they want.
He gives them what they are longing for.
I have been longing for your tender touch.
These senses are the fruits of a lifetime of longing.
Panbanisha is longing to go for a walk in the woods.
It is only my refusal that arouses your longing.
They have been longing for each other.
In longing for its reflection in the water.
I have a sudden longing for quince jam.
The longing after your own happiness.
You should be longing for this too.
Of longing to grow up and fearing to grow old.
No one allays the longing of tormented arms.
The longing for religion in disenchanted places.
All this time longing for revenge.
Trapped in a life full of pain and longing.
My heart is longing for someone far away.
I went to bed first and was longing for you.
I have been longing to make love to a slave girl.
His whole nature was a longing for purity.
Antoine was longing for exciting adventures too.
The life we have both been longing for.
That in his longing for female companionship.
But it does not make the longing go away.
Love the longing tortures the heart.

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