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• n  a feeling of deep longing
• v  have a desire for something or someone who is not present
  I am pining for my lover
• v  to hold fast or prevent from moving
• v  attach or fasten with pins or as if with pins
• v  pierce with a pin
• v  immobilize a piece

• Sarah Woodruff is an enigmatic local governess, said to be pining for a French soldier who has misused her.
• He played the pining gay opera star in Farewell My Concubine, then Tony Leung Chiu-wai's caustic lover in Happy Together.
• And then Hall Oates' "You Make My Dreams," where you go from the pining to planning your future and your wedding.

• ache
• yearn
• yen
• pine
• languish
• trap
• pin
• immobilize
• immobilise

• unpin

News & Articles

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• OPINION: As century-old Ford plant comes down, an elegy for U.S. manufacturing
  To comfort those of us pining for something — anything — to go up instead of coming down, the demolition crew at the Ford plant has laced the chain-link fence around the property with green tarpaulin. Nothing to see here, move along. Technically, it is the Twin Cities Assembly Plant, but Fords were manufactured there for almost 100 years, and we all know it as the Ford plant.
  June 13, 2013 - The Oakland Press
• As century-old Ford plant comes down, an elegy for U.S. manufacturing (Column)
  To comfort those of us pining for something — anything — to go up instead of coming down, the demolition crew at the Ford plant has laced the chain-link fence around the property with green tarpaulin. Nothing to see here, move along. Technically, it is the Twin Cities Assembly Plant, but Fords were manufactured there for almost 100 years, and we all know it as the Ford plant.
  June 12, 2013 - The Saratogian
• Joe Soucheray: Behind Ford plant's green tarp, there used to be something to see
  To comfort those of us pining for something to go up instead of coming down, the demolition crew at the Ford plant has laced the chain-link fence around the property with green tarpaulin.
  June 12, 2013 - Pioneer Press

Quotes

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• Phil Garner in Houston Chronicle
  He needs to be in Houston and we want him to be in Houston,Garner said. "And his family is dying for him to be in Houston. His kids are pining every day at school wondering, 'Oh, daddy, please don't go anywhere else. Stay in Houston.' I...
• Sam Nunn in Chicago Tribune
  It's always nice to have your name mentioned,Nunn responded. "I would talk to Sen. Obama, if he wanted to talk about it. But I think the chances of an offer are pretty slim. ...... I'm not pining to go back into public office."
• Robbie Bach in Gameinfowire.com
  This holiday season, gamers in Japan, Europe and North America pining to experience jaw-dropping high-definition graphics, unmatched online play and compelling digital entertainment features of Xbox 360 will finally have the chance,said...