romantic yearning

Frequency: 5.53.9 per million words

a deep emotional desire related to love or an idealized situation

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  • Her songs often express a romantic yearning for a bygone era.
  • He felt a profound romantic yearning for someone he couldn't have.
  • The novel explores the protagonist's deep romantic yearning for adventure.
  • There was a subtle romantic yearning in his eyes whenever he looked at her.
  • Despite his age, he still harbored a youthful romantic yearning for true love.
  • The poem beautifully captured the universal romantic yearning for an ideal partner.
  • She mistook her romantic yearning for a specific person, when it was for the idea of love itself.
  • His art was filled with a wistful romantic yearning for beauty and perfection.
  • A quiet romantic yearning settled over her as she watched the sunset.
  • The movie perfectly depicted the bittersweet romantic yearning of first love.