verb
definition
To take a long position in.
verb
definition
To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true)
example
She longed for him to come back.
verb
definition
To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.
verb
definition
To belong.
Examples of longed in a Sentence
This is the battle you have so longed for.
Jackson longed to make their last few hours of innocence count.
He longed to show that love in some way and knowing that this was impossible was ready to cry.
I longed for my teacher's return; but above all things I wanted to get down from that tree.
Jackson longed to erase her memory, but thoughts of her invaded him constantly.
His position was a painful one, and he longed to get back to Magdeburg, but was persuaded by Luther to stay.
She couldn't quell the deep ache within her that longed for his touch.
Jackson longed to comfort her, yet he couldn't.
His new wife longed for the necklace and peplus, and Alcmaeon, returning to Psophis, obtained possession of them, on the pretence that he desired to dedicate them at Delphi.
Notwithstanding his frequent protests that he did not covet power, but longed for retirement, we find him again, so late as 1835, within three years of his death, in hopes of office under Peel.
She longed to be with that Alex.
He longed to share his music with Elisabeth, yet worried she might not appreciate it; think it boring.
Having rivalled the exploits of Caesar, he now longed to follow in the steps of Alexander the Great.
Her thirst for glory had long since been slaked, and she longed for peaceful enjoyment of the civic boons which he had conferred upon her in that greatest period of his life, the Consulate.
Even this was not wholly satisfactory to Sarpi, who longed for the toleration of Protestant worship in Venice, and had hoped for a separation from Rome and the establishment of a Venetian free church by which the decrees of the council of Trent would have been rejected, and in which the Bible would have been an open book.
I found a sense of self that I have longed for all my life, I am not a drug fiend gang banger.
Her goal was to create a line of trendy clothes that flattered the figures of plus size teens who longed for trendy styles.
Napoleon told him that he was now beginning to live, that he had always longed for a home and now at last had one.
The allies were thus afforded an opportunity of committing the very blunder which Napoleon longed for, namely to attempt a risky forward concentration.
Aluminium is a white metal with a characteristic tint which most nearly resembles that of tin; when impure, or after pro longed exposure to air, it has a slight violet shade.
In spite of everything that had happened, she longed to be in his arms – to leave this fighting behind.
Hearing this, Dorothy and the Wizard exchanged startled glances, for they remembered how often Eureka had longed to eat a piglet.
All that the age longed for seemed to be embodied in a man who had both in his own person and by inheritance the natural spell which sways the imagination of the world.
Frederick II., a young, ambitious and energetic sovereign, longed not only to add to his dominions but to play a great part in European politics.
While the theologians discussed doctrine the people longed for mystery, as it satisfied their religious natures.
He simply longed for a more mature relationship.
I longed to reach through the bars and sink my fingers into the fur and to hear a purr.
Sonya too, all rosy red, clung to his arm and, radiant with bliss, looked eagerly toward his eyes, waiting for the look for which she longed.
Prince Andrew longed to snatch up, to squeeze, to hold to his heart, this helpless little creature, but dared not do so.
White Star Magic will undoubtedly reverberate in the mind the following day, with that longed for morning after feeling.
The goal is to offer trendy, fun clothes that are not too sexy for the targeted age group, something many mothers have longed for in recent years.
Years before she had settled on a career in broadcasting, Winfrey longed to be an actress.
If you're old enough to remember the Annie craze, Jessica was just like every other eight year old girl and longed to be the red-headed orphan adopted by "Daddy Warbucks."
At that time, plus size styles were limited for women who had a taste for fashion and longed for trendy styles in larger sizes.
After seven years there, my husband and I longed to be in the west again.
Hyundai offered these envious luxury consumers everything they longed for but at a price they could afford.
At last, she found the acceptance she had so longed for.
Mitchell longed to work with the original team and devoted himself to bringing Daniel, Teal'c and Sam back to SG1.
We constantly longed to follow up on our endeavors and make sure what Howie discovered was brought to a positive conclusion.
In spite of everything that had happened, she longed to be in his arms – to leave this fighting behind.
On all sides there was danger and revolt, even Baber's own soldiers, worn out with the heat of this new climate, longed for Kabul.
Great as were these results, they did not satisfy the aspirations of patriotic Germans, who, having so suddenly and so unexpectedly approached unity, longed that the work should be completed.
Greatly interested in the Jews, he longed ardently for their conversion to Christianity; and with a view to this he edited the periodical Saat auf Hoffnung from 1863, revived the "Institutum Judaicum" in 1880, founded a Jewish missionary college for the training of theologians, and translated the New Testament into Hebrew.
Many an earnest heart full of disappointment or enthusiasm has gone through a similar struggle, has learnt to look upon all earthly gains and hopes as worse than vanity, has envied the calm life of the cloister, troubled by none of these things, and has longed for an opportunity of entire selfsurrender to abstinence and meditation.
Persia longed only for help against Russia and had no desire, when all hope of that was past, to attack India.
Maybe he was buying trouble, but he longed to see her break from the past and discover Carmen.
Fayetteville was where her family had decided she would go to college – close to them and safe, but she longed for those layered mountain ranges where wildlife abounded.
Was it the little girl deep inside of her that still longed for daddy to come home - even after being abandoned?
Her parched lips longed for the fresh cool water.
Or you longed to be a brave heroine, but people laughed at you because you were a clumsy, dreamy girl?