longingly in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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The old woman suggests that the children sit and sew patchwork all day long, having to look longingly outside the windows at freedom.
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Someday, tokers might look back longingly at that 30%.
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She stares longingly out of the carriage's window, watching the rain outside.
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Staring longingly at their younger faces now, she could remember what it felt like to feel that way about this man.
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He has an extensive collection of books about travel, which he thumbs through longingly, but never uses because he has never been able to travel.
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You've heard some liberal elites in this country speak longingly of that day in the future when there are no borders.
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Despite having to spend the night apart, all the couples who have connections (barf) reunite and smooch and look longingly into each other's eyes.
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I just had to learn to stare longingly and there's a lot of hair tussling.
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Smith hoists the bike on to the oak table that dominates his office, and gazes at it longingly.
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Other scenes show the members looking longingly at the woman, walking outside her house and looking in through the windows.
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