wistfulness in English

noun

pensive yearning, dreamy longing (especially for someone or something in the past); sadness; melancholy

Use "wistfulness" in a sentence

1. They detect a bit of wistfulness in his voice.

2. I can give U 3 wistfulness ...the fairy said.

3. But aides say they detect a bit of wistfulness in his voice.

4. I sensed her wistfulness when she talked about vacations her relatives took.

5. THE giants of the mining industry might be forgiven a little wistfulness.

6. But Ads said aides say they a bit of wistfulness in his voice.

7. But Ads said aides say they detect a bit of wistfulness in his voice.

8. The street food, it's what I miss most in America, " he says in a rare moment of wistfulness ."

9. Still, there is a shade of wistfulness as she suggests that people are happiest in their childhood and youth.

10. Her deep green eyes were made up expertly and there was a wistfulness in them that pierced Roy's heart.

11. Period. Maybe a solo record by her could bring back some of the joy and wistfulness of earlier times.

12. There was a little wistfulness about these village girls when they looked at the rich convent girls in their expensive clothes.

13. There was a curious air of Aloofness about Ida with regard to her baby, and something which gave the impression of wistfulness.

14. Floating on the crushing strength of Peris' breathy, pitch-perfect coo, Befriended is a bucolic, nuanced bit of Sunday morning coffee-and-wistfulness, …

15. As I contemplate the achievements of Hong Kong University, I am filled with deep admiration and also, it has to be admitted, with wistfulness.

16. In a sign that the Obama honeymoon truly is over, I began to hear this week the first stirrings of a wistfulness about Mr Bush.

17. How this worked out in her personal actions was to be seen only in a slightly accentuated wistfulness , a touch of which was in every task.

18. But her mind still retained all of the heart-innocence, and unsophistication of her youth; a certain gentle wistfulness was the only outward change in her demeanour.

19. But manned space flight in America is now in mothballs, and in these dispirited times even the pride visitors take in the dam is mingled with wistfulness.

20. She had been troubled in a way by doubt and longing, but these had made no deeper impression than could be traced in a certain open wistfulness of glance and speech.

21. You indicate that sex is more important to you than having a settled relationship, and that you use sex as a means of connecting with others, but there is some wistfulness in your words.

22. We wanted something appealing, and we thought of a tiny bit of a mouse that would have something of the wistfulness of Chaplin — a little fellow trying to do the best he could.

23. Suddenly the Coyness was gone from her voice, replaced by genuine wistfulness.: Am I utterly evil and cynical to think this Coyness is the most clever way to raise investor interest?: Stewart gestured crossing his heart and sealing his lips and laughed heartily at his master's Coyness.: The Coyness about the price is, we presume, because the actual selling price will be dependent on the kinds