wistful
sayu
definition
adjective
a wistful smile
having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing.
example
She chuckled lightly and exhaled a sigh caught somewhere in between 'wistful' and dreamy.
I could see him going back in time and a small, 'wistful' smile curled up on his lips.
Clarke has responded to his critics with a dollop of 'wistful' regret, followed by an adamant refusal to back down.
Christian's eyebrows rose good-naturedly and his bow shaped mouth formed a 'wistful' smile.
The entire point of this post wasn't to engage in 'wistful' remembrances.
It has a 'wistful' quality, a longing for a world gone never to return, which an author of Sampson's vintage can and should be excused.
Director Bob Baker seems to have an innate understanding of the Coward paradox, that 'wistful' vitriol.
All four 'wistful' and melodic tracks document yearning and loss with an almost angelic intervention.
What distinguishes Harcourt from his contemporaries is the way he laces his stories with 'wistful' charm and surreal humour.
And so, against all the odds, and all the elements, Powell got to make his 'wistful' and impassioned film.
Hanging in the heart of Edinburgh, Constable's vision of Dedham Vale is a 'wistful' window on to the very soul of rural England.
There was a 'wistful' , daydreaming quality to Pete's voice that lulled me almost to sleep as we rode.
They ran through emotions from funny, romantic and sad, to witty, 'wistful' and thought-provoking.
If you ask about her previous boyfriend and she gets a small, 'wistful' smile on her face, change the subject.
He held in a 'wistful' sigh and smiled warmly when her eyes flicked up in the mirror, meeting his.
Gregory felt a chill run up his spine at the 'wistful' , dreamy tone of her voice.
This part of the song comes out as something of a 'wistful' ballad, but more interesting than most.
The look on his face is, by now, nearly 'wistful' ; the smile almost bittersweet.
Tin became 'wistful' and in a surge of nostalgia offered to show me round.
As I scraped applesauce and cream of eel from countless plates I felt 'wistful' .
She gazes 'wistfully' over the rooftops to where her lover lives.
A seasonal 'wistfulness' follows as I remember the faces and places of the Christmases of the past.
He rustles through a newspaper, muttering disapproval, shaking his head and sighing 'wistfully' about what might have been.
No matter how 'wistfully' we may long for the fountain of youth, the fact is that Laws of Thermodynamics are irrefutable.
Rarely accused of being a great actor herself, she is a tremendous movie star and undercuts her stunning physical presence with a genuine vulnerability and 'wistfulness' that might make her the most realistic character in the picture.
She saw a homesickness and 'wistfulness' , and suddenly thought of the Little Mermaid in Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales, before Disney left its mark on the classic.
My flirting with him represents some 'wistfulness' , nostalgia and regret of those years past.
In contrast to the 'wistfulness' associated with nostalgia, however, the feeling here was one of nervousness, and even desperation.
He just stands up there, waves 'wistfully' and commands his flock to give ten percent of their wages and go out and help the people of the world.
These days we look back 'wistfully' towards our lost youth.
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