Her cheeks were rosy, for in her heart she was finding out that she had a great longing to stay there and watch Michael a little longer.
Besides, he had a great longing to show them something brighter than their own forlorn homes.
For I wanted Norah; for her I longed with a great longing, and a dim vague hope of meeting her buoyed up my soul.
I felt a bit homesick and I had a great longing for my own people.
The old passion had come back to me; the atmosphere of the town rekindled my desire, and, being a lonely man, in the midst of many men and women, my heart was filled with a great longing for my sweetheart.
All I knew was that I longed for Norah with a great longing.
And with that happiness came a great longing to comfort him, to draw him out of his cold reserve, to turn him into the eager and almost confidential boy he had been with her.
Now she felt a great longing to cling to someone, to be protected, to lean on somebody who was much stronger than herself, and who would defend her against any attack.
If that offended you--" She was losing her dignity and knew it, but a great longingto overcome his rigidity drove her on.
The presence of her uncle, Prince Nicholas of Nassau, was a great comfort to Princess Elizabeth in her sorrow; but he had to return home, and she could not go with him, though she had a great longing to be with her mother.
But secretly he had a great longing to make his acquaintance; there was something sympathetic and attractive in all he was told about Alyosha.
Alyosha could make no protest, though he had a great longing to remain.
He had a great longingto run and see his brother Dmitri before that fateful interview.
She did not want to intrude upon Burke and his visitor, but a great longing to breathe the air of the veldt was upon her.
She had a great longing to hide her face on his shoulder and burst into tears.
A great longing to go out alone on to the veldt came to her.
He said it with so much of anxiety and pain in his face and voice that it suddenly filled me with a great longing to sob in his arms, but it was too late to sob then--at least in his arms, and he looked too tired and worn.
The man who owns it will let me have the use of it, he says, for a song, and the offer has brought a great longing over me.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "great longing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
