wild longing

Frequency: 6.26.1 per million words

a very strong and uncontrolled feeling of wanting something

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Examples (10)

  • He felt a wild longing for adventure after years of routine.
  • The exiled queen harbored a wild longing to return to her homeland.
  • A wild longing to be free consumed her thoughts day and night.
  • Despite her protests, a wild longing for his touch surged through her.
  • The artist expressed his wild longing for beauty through his paintings.
  • Children often experience a wild longing for something they cannot have.
  • She had a wild longing to escape the city and live in the mountains.
  • His eyes betrayed a wild longing for peace in a turbulent world.
  • After weeks at sea, a wild longing for solid ground swept over the sailors.
  • The old man spoke of his youth with a wild longing in his voice.