has pined
- present perfect of pine (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Nick Martinez, 35, SP, 2.3, 11.2: Martinez is a swingman who has pined for the workload and pay of a full-time starter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025
Gravity Rush 2 should appeal to anyone who has pined for a superhero film set in a world designed by Hayao Miyazaki.
From The Verge ● Aug. 31, 2016
Building a new stadium designed by one of the buzziest names in architecture could give Snyder the opportunity to host the Super Bowl, something he has pined for since becoming owner.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 11, 2016
Seven years before the novel begins, she broke an engagement to the man she loved on the advice of a trusted friend, and she has pined for him ever since.
From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2013
He bit Sir Marcus Guff, and that horrid creature seems to have disagreed with the darling, for he has pined ever since.
From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Lever, Charles James
