Example Sentences

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Investors have been pining to own SpaceX for years.

From Barron's • May 24, 2026

I have been pining for a water feature for years, but I’ve always been too intimidated to proceed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2024

California’s amusement parks have been pining to reopen for months, hoping to bring back thousands of workers sent home in March when the coronavirus pandemic forced them to close their gates.

From Washington Times • Oct. 21, 2020

The reasons could all be personal, for instance that I was evicted from my apartment midway through the year, so that in my listening life I may have been pining for a sense of home.

From Slate • Dec. 17, 2019

I have been pining for you:' and then she finishes her victim with a killing look, which declares: 'O Philander!

From The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne by Thackeray, William Makepeace