Words similar to longs

Example sentences for: longs

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Sheehy's Hillary longs to be given the same free pass--to have hers be yet another uplifting tale of growth in the face of personal suffering.
It would be impossible to compile a definitive glossary for this group, but a few examples follow: the heads (naval colloquialism, dating from the late nineteenth century, said to be from the location of the latrines on a ship); the longs (pet-name for latrines at Brasenose College, Oxford, from c. 1870, so-called because they were built from funds donated by a certain Lady Long); and greenhouses (Ulysses , Book VIII), James Joyce's personal slang for the public toilets after the color of their paint.
The public longs for a deft campaigner who doesn't seem prepackaged.
When a sleek and derisive colleague named Maxine (Catherine Keener) rebuffs his advances and mocks his art, Craig argues passionately on behalf of his puppets: He says that everyone longs to be inside someone else's head.
"Monica told friends she longs to tell Hillary ...