How to use "wistfully" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "wistfully" in popular movie and book plots

  • Finn, Lumpy Space Princess, and BMO all chip in to help construct the refuge, but Jake spends most of the time wistfully contemplating nature.  - Bad Jubies
  • In silence he takes her hand and leads her back upstairs where they look wistfully at each other before going to their separate rooms.  - The Christmas Wife
  • Georgio leaves early, saying goodbye to the teachers but not directly to Tony, who smiles wistfully before turning back to the interview.  - Mon Roi
  • After his departure, Carmelita watches wistfully after him, eventually falling asleep by the window.  - Betrayed (1917 film)
  • And Bostick is on a birding adventure in China, alone and gazing wistfully at a happy couple walking with their newborn child.  - The Big Year
  • Jimmy is noncommittal, although later he looks on wistfully as Torrio and his men laugh and joke in Italian.  - Hold Me in Paradise
  • Marge and Homer concur, but wistfully state that they will miss their "love nest" apartment.  - Waverly Hills, 9-0-2-1-D'oh
  • Using some excuse he lures Fiesco to the seaside, where he first wistfully and then on his knees begs him to renounce his purple robes.  - Fiesco (play)
  • Betty wistfully watches her father and Elena cuddling on the couch.  - Things Fall Apart (Ugly Betty)
  • This causes her to wistfully repeat that he "no longer exists".  - Thundercrack!
  • Back in feudal Japan, Morito, Kesa's lover, tells wistfully of their final night together ("Morito").  - See What I Wanna See
  • When her husband informs her of sighting Scrooge, she wistfully considers him a "poor, wretched man".  - A Christmas Carol (1984 film)
  • The Doctor wistfully says that even Time Lords die, but the Minister fears a greater evil.  - Death Comes to Time
  • As Wesley makes his farewells, he wistfully draws out his departure to give the other two ample opportunity to invite him to stay.  - Parting Gifts

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