longed
past form of “long” — desire strongly or persistently
An inflected form of long · past form.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,915 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,644 times across 155,168 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- desire strongly or persistently also: hanker, yearn
longed in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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How he longed to see his darling again!
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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He longed to stoop his cheek and rub it against her scarf.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1
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How he longed to get down to it, and cool his poor baked lips!
The Water-Babies · Charles Kingsley · Chapter 1
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Iwanich longed to possess such an animal, and promised the mare to follow her advice.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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A Fox, seeing this, longed to possess the meat himself, and by a wily stratagem succeeded.
The Fox and the Crow · Aesop · Chapter 1