How To Use Wistfulness In A Sentence

A delicate wing, gauzy and transparent, spread in her hands, spanning her fingers, its lacy intricacy provoking a thoughtful quietness, a sad wistfulness.
And now here is a book which is mostly poetry, or at least a kind of elegiac wistfulness.
Suddenly the coyness was gone from her voice, replaced by genuine wistfulness.
Christian should reluctantly give up, one by one, the pleasures of the world; and look back upon them, when relinquished, with eyes of wistfulness and regret: because he knows not the sweetness of the delights with which true Christianity repays those trifling sacrifices, and is greatly unacquainted with the _nature_ of that pleasantness which is to be found in the ways of Religion. A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity.
His tone is full but flexible, sustained but lyrical, and he manages to impart a certain wistfulness to even the jolliest rondos, such as the E flat one that Flanders and Swann memorably set to words. Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos 1-4 – review

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Hye-Youn Lee's Lisette scurried pertly, her sweet, clear soprano full of character and a good complement to the warmth and wistfulness of Kate Ladner's Magda – the swallow of the title, who flies from true love for guilty memory. Tosca; La rondine; Arensky Chamber Orchestra – review
And while he tried to stage a graceful exit from the presidential race, there remained an abiding sense of wistfulness.
And all the while the dog sat and watched him, a certain yearning wistfulness in its eyes, for it looked upon him as the fire-provider, and the fire was slow in coming. To Build A Fire
And now here is a book which is mostly poetry, or at least a kind of elegiac wistfulness.
As I contemplate the achievements of Hong Kong University, I am filled with deep admiration and also, it has to be admitted, with wistfulness.
And into my face I strove to throw all the wan wistfulness of famished and ingenuous youth of mendicancy. Confession
But he took his hand away, and she thought she saw his eyes shadow a bit with a hint of wistfulness.
It begins with a short, tentative introduction of Bohemian wistfulness before launching on a vigorous sonata-form Allegro con brio.
Her dark eyes are eloquent with unspeak -able wistfulness, and her countenance is clouded with something very like regret. Archive 2009-01-01