| She grinned as I inconspicuously grimaced and longed to duck beneath the covers. |
| He closed his eyes tightly and longed for death, for surely he would be dead sooner or later. |
| This Dutch peasant girl longed to compete in a skating race, but her family could barely afford food and she only had wooden skates. |
| Heavy irony underlines her declaration that she had always wanted to be in the movies and longed to be discovered, like Marilyn Monroe. |
| The cherries were staining her lips an enticing crimson colour, and Cary longed to lean across the table to kiss the juice away. |
| I longed to tell them the game had most likely been made to entertain babies, but I resisted. |
