longing
prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,657 of 81,628 words measured. It occurs 23,979 times across 191,625 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- prolonged unfulfilled desire or need also: yearning, hungriness
longing 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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It was wistful--almost a cry of longing.
Mr. Achilles · Jennette Lee · Chapter 1
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It was a great temptation, and he felt a longing to go.
Frank Merriwell's Chums · Burt L. Standish · Chapter 1
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Castro and Spadoni seemed to be stirred with longing at the mention of such a sum.
The Enemies of Women · Vicente Blasco Ibáñez · Chapter 1
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I had an intense longing to go with him out into the great world that brooded all round our foothills.
Romance · Joseph Conrad · Chapter 1
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But while we're waiting patiently, And longing for the day, They have a funny little game They make us fellows play.
Rookie rhymes, by the men of the 1st and 2nd · Plattsburgh Barracks (N.Y.) · Chapter 1