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  • Their impetus of drunken fun ranges from the longingly somber to the deepest screams.
  • John gazes longingly at her but never dreams of making a move, despite his wife's spiral into self-absorbed hostility.
  • He has a lazy, matey sort of north London accent, longingly smokes each cigarette, as if it is his last, and has an acerbic wit, usually directed against himself.
  • He stared longingly outside, wishing to be out there among the people, taking a brisk walk in the city.
  • Why do we wait upon the shoreline and look longingly towards the horizon?
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  • Ling Yi propped her chin on the desk, staring longingly at the phone.
  • I told him I wanted to marry him (the Chef) but I think he may have been gay because he kept looking at Gil longingly, which is probably a good thing because I would weigh 300 pounds if I married him because everything he made was orgasmic. Miss-k2 Diary Entry
  • She consented that the village maiden should manufacture yeast, both liquid and in cakes; and should brew a certain kind of beer, nectareous to the palate, and of rare stomachic virtues; and, moreover, should bake and exhibit for sale some little spice-cakes, which whosoever tasted would longingly desire to taste again. The House of the Seven Gables
  • He looked longingly at the pastries sitting on the counter.
  • If you're a fan of vampires, but don't want to see high school kids staring longingly at each other before taking vows of chastity, then we highly recommend that you tune in for this adult-oriented "bawd" ville horror-fest. IGN TV
  • If it would take us to the house of Pericles every time, I'd like them at least once a week!" cried Dion, looking longingly at the coin Pericles had given him. The Spartan Twins
  • Pam gazed longingly at a box of donuts and chitchatted awkwardly with Phyllis about her wedding registry. 'The Office' recap: Like a boss | EW.com
  • She propped her chin on the desk, staring longingly at the phone.
  • I longingly imagined the downstairs bathroom: an old woman cranking the handle of the paper towel dispenser.
  • I would gaze longingly from the speeding train to a little joint just off the tracks in Hillsdale, remarking to my colleagues every time we left Sunnyvale that someone had to go there with me for a cheeky martini. Archive 2005-09-01
  • Adults spoke longingly of real coffee, since even the watery liquid brewed from burnt chicory was not regularly available.
  • Soldiers look longingly at brand-new Range Rovers and compare them to their beaten-up "old" vehicles.
  • When the days start to shorten and night temperatures dip, do you often look over longingly at your neighbor's greenhouse, wishing you too could keep plants producing into the fall?
  • He looked longingly upon the two crop-eared fellows, and begrudged the Church the possession of them. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea
  • Au contraire: without the fans looking on so longingly, we nonentities wouldn't feel nearly so good. Times, Sunday Times
  • I remember looking longingly outside, where the birds twittered in the tall, skinny trees nearby.
  • They stare longingly at a row of classics bound in leather.
  • He looked longingly at the food on the table.
  • Looking longingly at the items, she stood chewing her lip, wondering which item she should get.
  • He looked longingly at the food on the table.
  • I read their titles longingly, breathing on every accessible pane of glass, for I dared not attempt to open the doors, with the enemy encamped so near. Dream Days
  • He has a lazy, matey sort of north London accent, longingly smokes each cigarette, as if it is his last, and has an acerbic wit, usually directed against himself.
  • As the pious prohibitionist looks longingly at a file photo of Margaret, he flogs himself with a leather belt. Top Moments: Ellen and Becks Play Pranks and Modern Family's Gloria Tells It Like It Isn't
  • A fat woman in a red and beige dress busily fanned herself while her male escort gazed longingly at the other women when he knew his wife was busy eyeing the young men.
  • He looked longingly at the tray of cakes.
  • He gazed longingly up at the immense, empty sky that cut across the nearby horizon through the naked trees and began tramping through the snow towards it.
  • Here she mainly rolls her eyes in sorrow and gazes longingly at Fairbanks, a pretty sight himself in a ripped, muscle-exposing blouse and thigh-hugging culottes.
  • Over at the machinery section, farmers gazed longingly at some of the latest gigantic tractors.
  • On the way home we talked longingly of sleep and filled ourselves enormous sandwiches of Swiss cheese, slivered bell peppers, fresh basil leaves, olive oil, salt, and pepper.
  • It’ll clock in at only 90 seconds long and, as for what it will contain, werewolves, vampires, and Bella looking at one of those two possibilities longingly is a sure bet. TWILIGHT SAGA NEWS: MARCH 10TH | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews
  • Later, after they had migrated to Lowell and other textile towns to work in the mills, young women like Sally would look back longingly on the days they spent roaming hillsides, walking along brooks, and lying about in meadows.
  • The only clue as to where the dwarf could have got to was a love-starved weedeater gazing longingly downstream from the battlements. Archive 2010-06-01
  • Anne, who loved the sea in all of its many moods, looked out at the storm-tossed harbour longingly.
  • “Caine…” His name whispered longingly from her lips as she brushed the back of her fingers across his cheek. The Pleasure Seekers
  • His slate gray eyes stared longingly into my own.
  • A sleepy Anna gazes longingly at Ping's empty bed as if thinking "Oh the fun we had, draping each other in burlap and rolling down Madison Avenue! Una LaMarche: Project Runway Episode 4 Recap: Cooter Couture
  • His head jolted up; his slate gray eyes stared longingly into my own.
  • I glanced longingly at the bright green bottle of Mountain Dew.
  • Then passed 12 years of me gazing longingly at dovecotes in stately home gardens, and becoming increasingly fascinated by the metaphorical possibilities of dovecotes in my soul.
  • he spent the rest of the act gazing longingly over my right shoulder at the illuminated word `Exit'
  • He could not get over the suddenness of it, and watched them forlornly, gazing enviously at their conferences over the medicine chest, once straightening himself from his search for stones to call longingly: The Emigrant Trail
  • He looked longingly at my well-printed copy of Byron; but what impressed him most was my little collection of law books, especially Folkard's fat "Law of Libel," which he regarded with the awe and veneration of a bibliolater, suddenly confronting a gigantic mystery of erudition. Prisoner for Blasphemy
  • I also have wandered among the smoked fish, lean pastrami, marble rye, have stood by the wicked pickle barrel, have stared longingly at the crumbly halvah. Par Delicatesse
  • Longingly romantic " Live Line " is backed by a simple folk blues riff.
  • Whenever Clarence the angel talks longingly about getting his wings, take a shot of bourbon and then mince around the room, flapping your arms as feyly as possible.
  • Over drinks , he speaks longingly of his trip to Latin America.
  • I looked longingly at my breeches, but picked up the next best thing, one of the long kilted skirts I used for riding.
  • She stares longingly at the thick black uniforms and hard helmets hanging up in the machine bay.
  • He looked longingly at the food on the table.
  • Her eyes traveled longingly to her large, unmade bed that she wouldn't sleep on for another month are two, at least.
  • The first factory workers in New England often wrote longingly about the countryside they had left behind.

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