Use longed in a sentence
Sentences ending with longed
- The man on whose breast he saw Kasana lay her head was a prince, a person of high rank and great power, and the capricious beauty did not always repel the bold man, when his lips sought those for whose kiss Ephraim so ardently longed. [10]
- But I wished to see the harbour of the great commercial city, and the ships which ploughed the ocean to those distant lands for which I had often longed. [10]
- The vigor of the robust was broken by unmitigated toil; the exhausted were forced to execute tasks so far beyond their strength that they soon found the eternal rest for which their tortured souls longed. [10]
- Charmian knew what she must do in any event, but there was still one desire for whose fulfilment she longed. [10]
- Sonya too, all rosy red, clung to his arm and, radiant with bliss, looked eagerly toward his eyes, waiting for the look for which she longed. [2]
- However his destiny might turn, he should be obliged to admit that his mother had omitted nothing in her power to open to him the path which, according to his own opinion, might lead to the height for which he longed. [10]
- Secretly, I looked forward to certain luxuries, such as a bedroom and dressing-room and warm tiled bathroom all to myself bachelor privacies for which I had longed. [9]
- Barbara had obtained for him his own house, for which he had longed. [10]
- Were these any better than the people who had crucified the Lord for his idealism, and because he had not brought them the material Kingdom for which they longed? [9]
- The first glance at Daphne's beloved face, the first words of her greeting, taught him that he should find with her everything for which he longed. [10]
Short sentences using longed
- He longed to test himself. [4]
- Yet he longed for her. [10]
- He longed for darkness. [11]
Sentences containing longed two or more times
- The uttermost that she longed for, as the fruit of the seed she had sown and which she longed to see ripen, had not yet come to pass--and to see that she would endure anything, even death and parting from this deceitful, burning, unlovely world. [10]
- He longed for riches now as he had ever longed for them before. [5]
More example sentences with the word longed in them
- Agne, Marcus, the young soldier--nay, even Gorgo, were loftier and nobler than she or her people, and she was conscious for the first time that the dangers from which Marcus had longed to protect her were not the offspring of his fancy. [10]
- And yet if you are to understand me I must own that so long as I was young I longed bitterly for the love which no one offered me. [10]
- Summer came again, with its anniversaries and its dragging, interminable weeks: demoralizing summer, when Mrs. Mayo quite frankly appeared at her side window in a dressing sacque, and Honora longed to do the same. [9]
- Thus I fared with him to the great and mighty city of Saint Mark, which I had ever longed to behold with my bodily eyes. [10]
- Pulcheria was delighted with her father's undertaking; she only longed to go with him and help him to save her dear nuns. [10]
- She knew not why, except that there was an indefinable craving for a self respect which had been violated by herself and others; except that she longed for the thing which she felt he would not give her. [11]
- The father, for whose blessing he longed, and who was to have been gladdened by his advancement, had journeyed far away and must henceforward be the foe of the sovereign to whom he owed his prosperity. [10]
- The man for whom Barbara's soul longed, as well as her eyes, rode on the side toward her. [10]
- The son; however, who was not of age, was more unworldly and sanctimonious than his father; he always addressed his parent as "Brother Plum," and bore himself, altogether in such a superior manner that Ruth longed to put bent pins in his chair. [5]
- And shall I, who have longed to see her these many years, leave her now? [9]
- At last, here were the "wild, free sons of the desert, speeding over the plain like the wind, on their beautiful Arabian mares" we had read so much about and longed so much to see! [5]
- Such a thing was incomprehensible to Biberli; but notwithstanding her letter--nay, even on its account--he longed still more ardently to lead her home to his mother and see her receive the blessing of the woman whom he so deeply honoured. [10]
- But when little Walpurga, half asleep, raised her tiny hand and lovingly stroked the wounded shoulder of her adopted mother, the matron, as usual when anything pleasant moved her heart, longed to have her husband at her side. [10]
- Though, while with us, she said that she longed to return to the days of the peaceful Garden of Epicurus, she devoted herself eagerly enough to the events occurring in the world and to statecraft. [10]
- Then he told us about Keilhau, and we longed to accompany him there; and yet we had so many good schoolmates and friends at home, such spacious playgrounds and beautiful toys! [10]
- He felt sorely troubled, and longed for his quiet attic chamber beside the dove-cote. [10]
- She saw him treading it, she longed to believe in his conversion--and she did believe in it. [10]
- I longed to travel, having scarcely been out of England during my life. [11]
- His face turned towards the prairie North and the mountain West where yet remained the hunter's quarry; and he longed to be away with rifle and gun, with his squaw and the papooses trailing after like camp- followers, to eat the fruits of victory. [11]
- She was riding toward the great man who longed to see her, and to whom--she herself scarcely knew whence she gained the courage--she felt that she belonged. [10]
- His lamentable outcry told me that he needed help, and once more in my life I fulfilled my strange fate, which has ever been to cast to the winds that for which my soul most longed, for another to take it up. [10]
- A woman's intuition told her that locked tight in his heart was what he longed to say, and could not. [9]
- Prince Andrew longed to snatch up, to squeeze, to hold to his heart, this helpless little creature, but dared not do so. [2]
- Barbara often longed to seek an audience with him. [10]
- Besides, he longed to see the twins who resembled him so closely, and of whom Countess Cordula had said that she hoped they would not be like their father. [10]
- How he longed to see his darling again! [10]
- Tall Medallion longed to say something, but he waited for the Cure to speak. [11]
- Now she longed to rush after him and beg him to restore the love with which he had hitherto surrounded her--and which the lonely woman had gratefully felt. [10]
- But Maria longed to reach home, and when she said she must go, Aquanus offered his company. [10]
- Then she longed to press forward to his side, wipe the perspiration from his brow in the hot, low corridor, and whisper words of love and encouragement. [10]
- He longed so to please her, to ingratiate himself with her, that he attempted to be light like her in his talk, but lapsed into abysmal absences and gloomy recesses of introspection. [8]
- She even longed to obey the voice whispering in her soul from ever so far away: "Close--close to him! [11]
- Besides, he longed to leave the capital. [10]
- How she longed to know what he said. [10]
- When he came to himself, Natasha, that same living Natasha whom of all people he most longed to love with this new pure divine love that had been revealed to him, was kneeling before him. [2]
- Though she longed to have Philip win glory in some great battle, yet her first natural thought was of danger to the man she loved--and the chance too of his not coming back to her from Portsmouth. [11]
- Still, she longed to have an idea of the personal appearance and manners of some of those whose writings or letters had interested her. [14]
- Doubtless he longed to hasten at once to Daphne, but he felt that he could not take leave of her until he had first cast off, as his heart and mind dictated, the terrible burden which oppressed his soul. [10]
- Now she longed to go to Cleopatra. [10]
- She longed, indeed, to get home, that her father might share the happiness which uplifted her heart; but then she reflected that she would not soon have the opportunity of carrying out, unobserved, the purpose she had in her mind. [10]
- Still, she longed to free herself from a desire to see what his further career would be, which came over her again and again with overwhelming and terrible power. [10]
- Yet he longed to follow her. [10]
- How she longed to fly into them, none but herself knew--to fly into them as into a refuge secure against the evil powers of the world. [9]
- She only longed to display her art before the greatest of men, whose "entreaty" had intoxicated her with very different power from the Malmsey at Herr Peter's table, and show herself worthy of his approval. [10]
- I have longed to be in a wherry ever since I came to London. [9]
- He only longed to be hopeful once more, to enjoy the present--as so many philosophers and poets advised--and especially the show in the Circus, his last pleasure, perhaps; to forget the imminent future. [10]
- How I longed to be back with you!.... [11]
- I had longed to be a butterfly, and I was one at last. [5]
- I particularly longed to acquire the least trifle of notice from the big stormy mate, and I was on the alert for an opportunity to do him a service to that end. [5]
- From time to time she shut her eyes as tightly as she could, for she fancied she could see a crimson glare, and she longed for light in that hour as a drowning man longs for the shore. [10]
- Yet all the time she longed for Eglington to come and say one word, which would be like touching the lever of the sluice-gates of her heart, to let loose the flood. [11]
- At the same time it was her duty to care for the little one's soul, and if it were not too hard for her grandmother to part from her, she longed to see Mary once more. [10]
- For the first time in her life she felt that she could hate; she longed to bring down every evil on that man's head. [10]
- The pain of this suspense grew so, that I longed for some sound to break the stillness; but there was nothing for minute after minute. [11]
- Mr. Smythe kept this incident warm in his heart, and longed for a chance to get even with somebody for it. [5]
- It was for these things he longed, these things made him yearn with such passionate eagerness for deliverance, liberty. [10]
- The Colonel longed then to clasp his friend in his arms. [9]
- The movies brought the world to Hampton, the great world into which she longed to fare, brought the world to her! [9]
- I felt that the story of his life must be a sad one--a story of suffering, disappointment, and exile--a story of man's inhumanity to man in some shape or other--and I longed to persuade the secret from him. [5]
- He longed for the sound of a voice, the touch of a hand. [13]
- Orion could see the seething turmoil in her soul; he felt that she was arming herself for resistance, and he longed to spur her on to deal the first blow. [10]
- The moonlight and the reflection from the snow shone brightly through the little window, but Ulrich longed for darkness, and buried his face in the pillows. [10]
- A conversation with the physician might perhaps prove refreshing; after the various agitations of the last few hours she longed for something, be it what it might, that should revive her spirits and give a fresh turn to her thoughts. [10]
- It crept along the passage until it came to the very door she longed so ardently to reach. [12]
- She longed for the old remembered peace. [11]
- This was what the old men longed for,--the prophets and kings of the profession, who "Desired it long, But died without the sight. [3]
- She longed for the mud hut at Beni Souef, and the smell of the river and the little field of onions she planted every year. [11]
- I longed for the morning to come, for I was more curious than ever. [6]
- But she was the last person to think ill of the young, whose life still lay before them, if they longed to look into futurity. [10]
- The water in the jug was warm and flat, yet she longed for a cool drink. [10]
- The more difficult the feat seemed, the more she longed to try it. [4]
- He was in the condition so longed for by Sydney Smith on a very hot day; namely, with his flesh taken off, and sitting, or rather standing, in his bones. [6]
- A glance over the audience sufficed to ascertain that that portion of the population whose dinner pails we longed to fill was evidently not present in large numbers. [9]
- He longed for the arms of a woman round his neck--it was five years since any woman's arms had been there, since he had kissed any woman's lips. [11]
- It is possible that Tom's mental stomach had never really hungered for one of those prizes, but unquestionably his entire being had for many a day longed for the glory and the eclat that came with it. [5]
- I was certain that he longed to thrash me. [11]
- He longed to talk to her, but his days were full. [9]
- Baptism had given such sanctification to his life that he longed to lead the daughter of the only woman for whom his heart had ever beat a shade faster, to the baptismal font. [10]
- Directly after this success three pulpits were offered to him, but he accepted neither, because he longed for rest and quiet occupation. [10]
- And her valiant spirit could not be satisfied with intentions but longed to act upon them. [10]
- And--as we are speaking in images--I felt like a sapling whose prop has been removed; even your Wolff can never have longed for you more ardently. [10]
- He longed to speak, but for the first time in his life feared the sound of his own voice. [9]
- The utmost his soul had so fervently desired, for which he had prayed and longed, had found fulfillment in a way which far surpassed his hopes; and through what blood and fear had the Lord led His own, to let them reach the highest goal! [10]
- Has not Roxana's soul entered into that divinely lovely form because it longed for its lost companion spirit? [10]
- Presently he said sorrowfully-- "Alack, how have I longed for this sweet hour! [5]
- I longed to slip out unseen, and to run away by myself in amongst the hills and dales. [14]
- She longed to shut her ears and eyes, but she could not help looking on. [10]
- He longed to show that love in some way and knowing that this was impossible was ready to cry. [2]
- He longed to shoot, but dared not, and while he was making up his mind what to do, the Seigneur had reached the chapel door. [11]
- I fancied sometimes she was tired of it, and longed for the old homely simplicity. [4]
- She felt intoxicated; she pressed her hands to her heart, and longed to cry out, but she dared not, and her tongue refused its office. [10]
- In the afternoon she longed to escape from the close rooms into the fresh air, and turned her steps toward Prebrunn, in order to see once more the little castle which to her was so rich in beautiful and terrible memories. [10]
- At times, even, she had experienced a strange rejoicing that she had promised Austen to remain with his father, for thus it had been given her to be the daily witness of a retribution for which she had longed during many years. [9]
- She knew that she could reciprocate his costly gift; for how ardently she longed to have one kind, forgiving word from his lips. [10]
- The visit of Senator Dilworthy had become of more importance to her, and it by and by bore the fruit she longed for, in an invitation to visit his family in the National Capital during the winter session of Congress. [5]
- New scenes always seem desirable to young people, and for the first time I longed to go away, though I knew nothing of my destination except that it would be a gymnasium. [10]
- Balbilla longed to see Verus content once more, and she therefore came forth from her hiding place. [10]
- I longed to see this grotto. [5]
- Virginia longed to see the yellow flame creep along the wet, gray clouds. [9]
- She longed to see her aunt at the convent. [10]
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