Usage examples for wistful
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At the time we shall again bring him personally before the reader, he was leaning against an iron fence that, running along the left wing of the house, separated the pleasure- grounds from the park, and gazing with folded arms and wistful eyes upon the scene on which the dusk of twilight was gradually gathering. – The Disowned, Complete by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
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All she said was this: I asked her if she had enjoyed her walk with him, and she said, 'He's the most wistful creature I've ever known. – The Turmoil A Novel by Booth Tarkington
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He was smiling in a gentle, wistful way. – Every Man for Himself by Norman Duncan