pined

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Examples of pined

  • The cat pined and began wilting away, and the fanner had a very good excuse for getting rid of it.

  • When he had to retire he pined so much for his lost work that after some time he could stand it no longer.

  • But the horse, willing though it was, pined away and died.

  • They were distressed to find that the boy, removed from familiar surroundings, had pined, had refused to eat and had lost weight.

  • She pined for her warm sea-home in the southwest, and sent a message to her people.

  • Her condition continued for two or three years, until she pined away to skin and bones and ended her sorrowful life.

  • Overcome by melancholy in consequence of that last disaster, he pined away and died in 1559.

  • For over a hundred years, the world has pined for a return to the lap of myth.

  • Incredibly narcissistic, she is pined for by almost every male (teachers included) in the school, and delights in crushing their hopes.

  • So both pined for each other.

  • Odo had pined for her for years, while she was oblivious.

  • She also pined for her husband.

  • She is said to have mixed his ashes in her daily drink, and to have gradually pined away during the two years that she survived him.

  • Ann is said to have pined so desperately for her lover that she fell seriously ill.

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