physical longing

Frequency: 6.15.8 per million words

a feeling of wanting physical closeness or contact with someone

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Examples (10)

  • She felt a deep physical longing for his presence.
  • After weeks apart, there was an undeniable physical longing between them.
  • His letters expressed a profound physical longing to be reunited.
  • The song evoked a bittersweet sense of physical longing.
  • Despite their intellectual connection, a strong physical longing persisted.
  • The prolonged absence intensified her physical longing for him.
  • She tried to suppress her physical longing, but it was too strong.
  • There was a silent physical longing in his eyes when he looked at her.
  • He mistook his physical longing for love, a common error.
  • The novel beautifully describes the intensity of physical longing.