Example Sentences

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By all accounts, investors are pining for shares.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

“Audiences are pining for novelty, especially younger demographics.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Yet, the measures investors are pining for include a relaxation of home-buying restrictions in cities such as Beijing and Shanghai.

From Reuters • Aug. 18, 2023

“I think you have a lot of people that are pining for the neighborhood to be thriving and vibrant and full of positive energy,” said Carey King, the director of Uptown Grand Central, a nonprofit.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2022

For of the multitudes who are pining in those cells of misery, a very small part is suspected of any fraudulent act by which they retain what belongs to others.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 04 The Adventurer; The Idler by Johnson, Samuel