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Examples
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They got it from her, this longingness: they want to be accepted by us as equal human beings.
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They got it from her, this longingness: they want to be accepted by us as equal human beings.
The Guardian World News Jonathan Freedland 2010
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I started the year feeling a strong sense of longingness, only to feel neglected and disappointed in the end.
Planet Malaysia 2010
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It's not a bad existence except for the fact that you're constantly gripped by this horrible longingness to see the face of god and it's forever denied to you.
1UP RSS feed 2009
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The story of the older gay gentleman who lived in Alpine before excommunication made me sad, especially when he spoke of his longingness for belonging to the Mormon community that exiled him.
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