| He closed his eyes tightly and longed for death, for surely he would be dead sooner or later. |
| As soon as I stepped outside, I longed for the warmth of the convenience store again. |
| Even before the 1970s became fashionable again, I longed for shag-pile carpets, big collars, disco music and dolly birds. |
| Years of being scared of the Subway and being mugged at gunpoint meant that somewhere I longed to visit always seemed out of reach. |
| I longed to tell them the game had most likely been made to entertain babies, but I resisted. |
| This Dutch peasant girl longed to compete in a skating race, but her family could barely afford food and she only had wooden skates. |
