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Example sentences for "longs"

Lexicographically close words:
longius; longleaf; longlived; longo; longos; longship; longships; longshore; longshoreman; longshoremen
  1. But still Ursidius courts the marriage-bait, Longs for a son to settle his estate, And takes no gifts, though every gaping heir Would gladly grease the rich old bachelor.

  2. She longs to wipe away those Tears, or to gather them up like priceless diamonds with which to adorn her bridal dress.

  3. When, therefore, it bends before the gale, it gathers strength in the refreshing stream, and longs for yet another storm to pass and sway its head.

  4. He needs them for souls, for our souls, and He longs to give us a magnificent reward.

  5. The heart from the moment of its first beat instinctively longs for the beautiful.

  6. I have thinks every eventime I will kiss him good-night, because maybe he does have lonesome feels too, and maybe he does have longs for kisses like the longs I do have for them every night-time.

  7. I had longs for the man that wears gray neckties and is kind to mice to be come back again.

  8. He has longs for Lars Porsena of Clusium to come perch on his back.

  9. I looked for other fleurs that I had longs to see.

  10. While I did watch the raindrops I had longs to go to the foret de Chantilly and adown by Nonette.

  11. The one thing God longs for is our choice, free and full choice.

  12. Love longs to please love, regardless of any sacrifice involved.

  13. He longs to surrender himself to some lost cause.

  14. The minutes pass slowly; one longs for the strike of the clock.

  15. As the new boy he longs to be captain of the school: and, having set himself a task, he does not shrink from the contest.

  16. In English we have few if any spondees: the Arabic contains about three longs to one short; hence its gravity, stateliness and dignity.

  17. But these longs again are peculiar, and sometimes strike the European ear as shorts, thus adding a difficulty for those who would represent Oriental metres by western feet, ictus and accent.

  18. Wants Bosnia and Servia in the East; longs to seize certain Venetian Territories, which would unite Trieste and the Milanese to the Tyrol.

  19. I b'longs to Mount Moriah Church in dis very town of Chester.

  20. I now b'longs to New Hope Methodist Church.

  21. I now b'longs to Bethany Presbyterian Church at White Oak.

  22. The bigger boy with us say: 'We all b'longs to Master Hampton.

  23. The King longs daily that he could exchange his son for Northumberland's; Hotspur is worthier than Prince Henry to be heir to the throne of England.

  24. Slow seems the sword of Divine justice, adds Dante, to him who longs to see it smite.

  25. At this moment, not the Democratic party only, but the whole country, longs for peace, and the difference is merely as to the price that shall be paid for it.

  26. Your lover longs for you in London Town and my father and I want to get thee to him.

  27. So has my cousin, who longs to avenge the injuries he has received from Louvois.

  28. I say useless, because the patient never longs for what is hurtful.

  29. And could I stand while Paradise descrying, Still for these verdant meads should I be sighing, Where thy dear roof-peaks skirt the verdant way: Beyond these bounds my heart longs not to stray.

  30. And the house he live in,” said Bumpkin, “I know as ow that longs to him.

  31. One longs for the last shake of the hand and the final good-bye.

  32. He longs for daylight, hoping that the voices of the night will then cease, and that sleep will come with the blessed morning.

  33. His wrath did not pass into lunacy; it produced simple distraction; an uneasy fumbling with the idea; like that of an old superannuated dog who longs to worry, but cannot for want of teeth.

  34. Literature of the lightest is indulged in, and wisely so, and any pastime such as a game of cards comes as a relief, when one longs to be once more up and doing.

  35. Poor jaded human nature longs to be free from care and anxiety, and we easily lose sight of the supernatural power of poverty.


  36. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "longs" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.