Longed

Examples

• Oh, all he longed, all he prayed for, was that I might live with him! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• And I longed to do it--but there was such a dead silence! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Her theme was their wants, which she sought to supply; their sufferings, which she longed to alleviate. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• But her heart was very heavy, she longed to be at home, and every day looked wistfully across the lake, waiting for Laurie to come and comfort her. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I longed for thee, Janet! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Her eldest was a boy of ten years old, a fine spirited fellow, who longed to be out in the world; but what could she do? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Many's the time I've longed to walk it off--the thought of what was the matter with her, and how it must all end. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• He longed to go with the soldiers to shoot the men. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I've always longed for lots of boys, and never had enough, now I can fill the house full and revel in the little dears to my heart's content. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I wanted her to stay at home and rest this morning, but she would come with us; she longed so much to see you all! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• I longed to leave them as the criminal on the scaffold longs for the axe to descend: that is, I wished the pang over. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• They longed to see a human figure, of a certain mould and height, pass the hedge and enter the gate. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• As soon as he had gone, she wished she had been more forgiving, and when Meg and her mother went upstairs, she felt lonely and longed for Teddy. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The wery thing,' said Mr. Weller, who was a party interested, inasmuch as he ardently longed to see the sport. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She longed so much to see you. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• But I knew nothing, and I longed for the gold watch. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I went on pleasantly, but poor Keimer suffered grievously, grew tired of the project, longed for the fleshpots of Egypt, and ordered a roast pig. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Looking at his face, I longed to know his exact opinions, and at last I put a question tending to elicit them. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He had longed not only to be set free from his uncle, but also to find Mary Garth. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• You told Lucy Snowe you longed to have a ride. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• And yet she longed to see him, to get it over; to understand where she stood in his opinion. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Never mind what you have always longed for, Mr. Pip, he retorted; keep to the record. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• At moments her pride rebelled against her passion for him, and she even had longed to be free. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Yes: for her restoration I longed, far more than for that of my lost sight. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Tarzan was as anxious to go as D'Arnot, for he longed to see Jane again. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• She longed to inquire of the housekeeper whether her master was really absent, but had not the courage for it. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Gerald was a boy at the time of the strike, but he longed to be a man, to fight the colliers. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I longed only for what suited me--for the antipodes of the Creole: and I longed vainly. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He longed to have been at sea, and seen and done and suffered as much. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I longed to speak out, and I dared not whisper. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.

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