Example Sentences

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In Stafford, McVay got the experienced, athletic quarterback he has pined for since the Rams hired him in 2017.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2021

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

—Everybody knows, too, that my daughter has pined away with fretting after her lost ways of outdoor exercise, and the healthful changes of air which she used to be having.

From Figures of Earth by Cabell, James Branch