Words similar to longing

Example sentences for: longing

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It's possible that no one has ever come up with a more absurdly perfect metaphor for our longing to be someone--anyone--other than who we are than a portal into the head of John Malkovich.
"Monica," she said, her voice husky with longing.
Stanley spent his wedding night forlornly with Hilda and many years afterward longing for a reconciliation.
He seems motivated by a deep-seated longing to heal and protect, but this is not a sufficient warrant for violating the privacy of an individual's rights and trampling on the Constitution.
Those longing, in this suddenly post-Lewinsky era, for more real-life melodrama to watch on television have good news: This third week of sweeps brings plenty of docudramas (one starring Lauren Bacall) and jazzed-up documentaries to slake our thirst for TV-enhanced reality.