longing - use in sentences
Preposition: of
- soul: We have confidence because freedom is the permanent hope of mankind, the hunger in dark places, the longing of the soul.
- heart: It is an expression of authentic human love which satisfies the deepest longings of the human heart.
Converse of object
- satisfy: Get this: more of anything other than God, will never satisfy the longing He's placed within you.
- express: The longing expressed by people looking toward the new age of the Messiah are the longings of people today.
- feel: They felt no longing for the little village sleeping in the distance beyond the majestic waste of water.
Preposition: for
- peace: Johann Christoph Arnold tells their stories, building his book on the premise that the longing for peace lies deep within every person.
- freedom: Never shall I be able to express my intense longing for freedom in those long, long days of slavery.
- justice: Such a longing for justice leaves us hoping for mercy.
- something: People who worship idols are longing for something to bring them satisfaction in life.
Adjective modifier
- wistful: Faith is not a wistful longing, or a blind confidence, or even " inward conviction.
- nostalgic: Overall there is a sense of a nostalgic longing to regain innocence lost personified in the idealized Emma.
- unfulfilled: Reflective, even somewhat grave and mournful, it is full of unfulfilled longing.
- restless: But zebra Marty feels restless, longing for life in the wild.
- hopeless: For then the night will more than pay The hopeless longing of the day.
- passionate: It is true that he had a passionate longing to fellowship with them.
Modifies a noun
- glance: Despite class differences, their awkward conversations and longing glances leave little doubt such sculptured cheekbones are destined to be together.
- soul: The longing soul of the child of God can only be satisfied with Himself.
- desire: The point of focus is to create the longing desire to awaken the south.
- quot: That longing quot of his own through a lead.
- eye: With beating hearts and longing eyes we sat at the window, anxiously watching the steamer's progress.
The word usage examples above have been gathered from various sources to reflect current and historical usage. They do not represent the opinions of YourDictionary.com.
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