| He had a gift for expressing the longings and anxieties of his contemporary audiences. |
| A person who couldn't possibly have desires and doubts and unfulfilled longings. |
| I heard their despair and their longings to be freed to return to the life they once enjoyed. |
| The longings and legitimate desires for approval, acceptance and understanding are cut off. |
| Whatever their secret longings, the family organized relentlessly around bourgeois correctness. |
| I particularly liked the way they felt free to express their feelings and longings through the anonymity of their letters. |
