But does playing the drag-name game really mean you harbor secret longings to dress up in a teddy?

Despite the democratic style, the day offered reminders that one of the oldest themes in American culture is the secret longing for an aristocracy.

But maybe it was just the booze making her reveal her secret longings.

He had come down with malaria,* and it was for him a time of secret longing; and so spring and summer passed.

Oborozukiyo+ tells me that he suffers from secret longings.

By looking back at the "evil cities" she betrayed her secret longing for that way of life.

Does this hint at a secret longing for military power and glory?

He urges men to take time out and come to grips with the "secret longings" of their hearts.

It was the stuff of her darkest fantasies, her most secret longings.

The younger son hears a voice that tempts him to indulge his "most secret longings".