wistfulness

There was wistfulness in the thought; they must part, and soon.

I heard, in my own voice, a kind of wistfulness.

The wistfulness died out of her eyes, leaving them cold.

Still, he and others expressed wistfulness for days gone by.

His voice faded for a moment and a wistfulness came over him.

The wistfulness in his eyes was overwhelming and went to her heart.

But there was still a trace of wistfulness in his voice.

Seven more years to go, Michael thought without the least trace of wistfulness.

Only if one looked closely could he note the wistfulness in her eyes.

Georgia never heard the statement, or the wistfulness behind it.

It seemed that in his speech was a note of wistfulness.

He will soon lose any wistfulness about his former existence.

She shook off wistfulness and turned to the next sheet.

There was an odd note of wistfulness in her voice.

Slowly a look of cynical wistfulness came over his face.

Though his swollen eyes were hard to read, there seemed to be a wistfulness in them.

He was still looking at me, with a wistfulness I hadn't seen before.

At last he turned to me and smiled with an odd wistfulness.

She could not keep a note of wistfulness from creeping into her voice.

"I guess you have to," he said with an attempt at wistfulness.

There is a melancholy and wistfulness for the past that comes through.

As she caught his eye, the wistfulness in her face vanished.

There was just a hint of wistfulness in Joe's voice.

There was such a poignant wistfulness to the question that Michael gave up.

Chen turned, surprised by the wistfulness in the man's voice.