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Example sentences for: longing

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In the case of Restoration Hardware and Trader Joe's, the dissent (hence the commodification) is a bit more subtle and has more to do with the harnessing of postgrad hauteur mingled with a longing for simpler times.
When Liz processes the facts of Max's non-humanity, the scene lasts a minute or two, an eternity in TV time, in order to register her sequence of expressions: incredulity, hilarity, disgust at the cheesiness of the whole idea, terror, longing.
When the film shifts to hell, the muscle-bound Satan does a soulful, Meat Loaf-style schlock-rock ballad on his longing for a better world--in this case embodied by a ship of half-naked sailor types lolling about a pool.
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.
His wisecracks sound as if he's nervously thinking them up on the spot, and he's better than anyone at saying something he doesn't mean and then wincing in horror, as if longing to hit the "Delete" key.