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Example sentences for: longingly

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The famous set of frescoes in the tomb of Prince Zhanghuai depicts an animated polo match, a hunting expedition, a reception for foreign diplomats, and (most movingly) a scene in a court cloister with a young concubine looking longingly at a bird in flight.
Driving home loaded, he glances longingly across the Hudson at the big city where he once dreamed of being a cop, and then, swerving to avoid a deer, plunges off the road into a tree, totaling his car and putting a huge gash on the bridge of his nose.
At various points in the film, Harrer thinks longingly of Rolf and writes him letters.