Example Sentences

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He kept the book open at the bewitching portrait, and looked at it rather languishingly.

From Middlemarch by Eliot, George

And what visions such books recall of the days when they were read,—the girls in pinafores,—the boys in roundabouts,—the elders looking languishingly on, when the reader comes to tender passages!

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 by Various

With the little groan of one who yields to a desire contrary to her self-respect, Louisa dropped at the feet of Helena, laid her arm and her head languishingly on the knee of her friend.

From The Trespasser by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

Darrington!” cried Belle, languishingly, “you won’t leave us?”

From The Campfire Girls of Roselawn Or, a Strange Message from the Air by Penrose, Margaret

Hippy folded his arms across his chest and looked languishingly at the three girls.

From Grace Harlowe's First Year at Overton College by Flower, Jessie Graham [pseud.]