WISTFUL in a Sentence
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38 example sentences for WISTFUL, such as:
1. She looked at him wistfully before she turned.
2. I thought about those days in Spain and grew wistful.
3. She looked so lovely and warm and wistful, his bowels stirred towards her.
4. The girls looked at the hill in wistful longing, and the boys fretted and haunted Alexandria.
5. He looked at her wistfully, then seemed to fall into a reverie, as if he were forgetting what he observed.
2. I thought about those days in Spain and grew wistful.
3. She looked so lovely and warm and wistful, his bowels stirred towards her.
4. The girls looked at the hill in wistful longing, and the boys fretted and haunted Alexandria.
5. He looked at her wistfully, then seemed to fall into a reverie, as if he were forgetting what he observed.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of WISTFUL
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wistful
a. showing pensive sadness
Classic Sentence: (36 in 3 pages)
1 Then she tied it up with a smart red ribbon, and sat a minute looking at it with a sober, wistful expression, which plainly showed how earnest her work had been.
2 Jo thought she was asleep, she lay so still, and putting down her book, sat looking at her with wistful eyes, trying to see signs of hope in the faint color on Beth's cheeks.
3 I ordered him to set me down, and lifting up one of my sashes, cast many a wistful melancholy look towards the sea.
4 The hermit cast a wistful look upon the knight, in which there was a sort of comic expression of hesitation, as if uncertain how far he should act prudently in trusting his guest.
5 She looked so lovely and warm and wistful, his bowels stirred towards her.
6 Before quite leaving her he threw upon her face a wistful glance, as if he had misgivings on the generosity of forsaking her thus.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian
7 Just as they started he heard the sorrel's whinny again, and the familiar wistful call, and all the confused images it brought with it, went with him down the first reach of the road.
8 The girls looked at the hill in wistful longing, and the boys fretted and haunted Alexandria.
9 She looked at him wistfully before she turned.
10 Suddenly he had become almost wistfully moral, seeing himself the incarnation of good, and people like Mellors and Connie the incarnation of mud, of evil.
11 He looked, wistfully, into their faces, one by one when they passed out, as though to see which way the greater number leant; but that was fruitless.
12 She looked wistfully at him with her sorrowful eyes as he said those words, and her aspect showed that more than one person in the room could deplore the possession of sensitiveness.
13 He looked wistfully to the top of the bank at the woman who stood there, and his teeth, which were quite unimpaired, showed like parian from his parted lips.
14 He looked at her wistfully, then seemed to fall into a reverie, as if he were forgetting what he observed.
15 Eustacia, who had reddened when she perceived the effect of her exclamation upon the group below, was no longer to be seen at the window, though Yeobright scanned it wistfully.
Example Sentence:
1 With a last wistful glance at the happy couples dancing in the hall, Sue headed back to her room to study for her exam.
2 I thought about those days in Spain and grew wistful.