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Sentence example with the word 'wistfully'
wistfully
Definition
adv.
in a wistful manner
Last update: June 25, 2015
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The kitten gazed
wistfully
at the forbidden fruit.
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She looked
wistfully
at him.
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Ben-Hur gazed
wistfully
, uncertain where to go.
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Tirzah stared
wistfully
.
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"I'd like to," said Mike
wistfully
.
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She seemed to be gazing
wistfully
over the misty mountains, and John's heart was full of yearning.
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The nun looked at him
wistfully
, with clasped hands, as one who half apprehended his meaning.
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"I'll not deny I'd like to," confessed his mother a bit
wistfully
.'
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"I wish I had a family plot," said Peter, rather
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.
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"There comes the china set Grandfather King gave her," said the Story Girl
wistfully
.
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"Do you mind my asking," he said
wistfully
, "how you learned to do such things."
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