Synonyms for 

longing

Synonyms

 appetency, 
 appetite, 
 craving, 
 desire, 
 drive, 
 hankering, 
 hunger, 
 itch, 
 jones 
 [slang], 
 letch, 
 lust, 
 passion, 
 pining, 
 thirst, 
 thirstiness, 
 urge, 
 yearning, 
 yen
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Examples of longing in a Sentence

 They looked with longing toward freedom. She cast a look of longing at
the shop window.
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Recent Examples on the WebBut a few generations later, among
their children and grandchildren, that longing  has morphed into a fear
of Beijing’s expansive ambitions. — New York Times, 19 Jan. 2022At its
strongest, the documentary fuses matters of myth and tradition with
questions of economic change, political strife and personal longing  —
notably in the fine alchemy of its closing sequences. — Thr Staff, The
Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2022