noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
feel
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All she could see was Andrew, and all she could feel was her longing for him.
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It had been easy to be friends when she hadn't felt this sudden urgent longing for him.
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Even though your knees trembled and your heart fluttered and you felt weak with longing , how could you melt, knowing that?
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Glancing at his figure, Laura felt the old longing for him twist like a knife in her stomach.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The piece lacks the desperate longing of the composer's other works.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But men can come to terms with their suppressed longings.
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For a moment, she ached with longing - then, just as suddenly, revolted against them.
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Gentle longings, spoken in such plain and honest words, must not be permitted to remain unanswered.
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Other people can not fill the inner longing for recognition that is sought.
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She could have wept for the agony of raw longing that burned through her.
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She had a sudden desperate longing to relive last night - at least, the part up until when they had said goodnight.
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Surely, there is nothing unusual about our own inchoate longings.
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Weasel, whipped in a taut ball of his longing licked Hilde's obstinate body with yellow gazes.