Sentence examples of "longing" in English
Homesickness is a longing to go back to where you are from.
Heimweh ist die Sehnsucht dahin zu gehen, wo du herkommst.
The women longed to climb up the social ladder.
Die Frauen sehnten sich danach auf der sozialen Leiter aufzusteigen.
She never told anyone about her secret longings.
Sie hat nie jemandem etwas über ihre geheimen Sehnsüchte erzählt.
Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
Millionen, die sich nach Unsterblichkeit sehnen, wissen nicht, was sie selber tun sollen an einem regnerischen Sonntag-Nachmittag.
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