His sister would have looked beautiful in that dress, he thought wistfully, just like an angel. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"Aunt Polly, please," she called wistfully, "isn't there ANY way you can be glad about all that -- duty business?". From Wordnik.com. [Pollyanna] Reference
He even recalled wistfully the rustic peace of Hartleigh Hall. From Wordnik.com. [The English Witch]
They began to recall wistfully the cool streams of New England, the wooded slopes of. From Wordnik.com. [The Moccasin Ranch A Story of Dakota] Reference
But are you sure, Mentor "-wistfully-" that you can't, or rather shouldn't, teach me any more than you have?. From Wordnik.com. [Children of the Lens]
" She said the final word wistfully, hoped it hung in the room like perfume. From Wordnik.com. [Warning Signs]
Then my son called wistfully for lunch. From Wordnik.com. [The Battle of Milford, The Second American Revolution] Reference
I suppose, "wistfully," you couldn't call me that? ". From Wordnik.com. [A Little Rebel A Novel] Reference
But oh, child "-- wistfully --" if I could only smell it now! ". From Wordnik.com. [With the Procession] Reference
"I know that myself, and yet --" wistfully -- "I can't help it. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Rebel A Novel] Reference
If I had a son "-- wistfully --" I would want him to be like you. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Radio Boys on the Mexican Border] Reference
I hope, "wistfully," that some day people'll speak o 'Baldy jest like that. ". From Wordnik.com. [Baldy of Nome] Reference
"It was a wonderful meeting," said Lehman wistfully. From Wordnik.com. [A Shock Grows In Brooklyn] Reference
"I talk to my boys off at school," he says wistfully. From Wordnik.com. [He's Just Old Enough To Drive The Lane] Reference
"I've lived so frugally for so long," he says wistfully. From Wordnik.com. [Tamar Abrams: DJ Qualls: Putting the "Character" in Character Actor] Reference
We stared wistfully at the clouds; wishfully at the stars. From Wordnik.com. [Creating A Storm] Reference
"There was a love story between us," says Murad, wistfully. From Wordnik.com. [Love in a Time of Madness] Reference
"Sometimes I just wish I had a day off," she says wistfully. From Wordnik.com. [Girl Power] Reference
"" Though, '' he adds wistfully, "" I kind of wish I had. ''. From Wordnik.com. [Moscow's Money Island] Reference
The 71-year-old bachelor has talked wistfully of retirement. From Wordnik.com. [In Poetic Search Of Total Power] Reference
Maybe it would work for the "right people," she says wistfully. From Wordnik.com. [Giving Lessons In Love] Reference
The reluctant royal smiles wistfully: "" It's a bit late now. ''. From Wordnik.com. [A Royal Kodak Moment] Reference
"We were all just smilin 'and cryin'," Travis recalls wistfully. From Wordnik.com. [A Mysterious Baby Mix-Up] Reference
Victor looked up wistfully at the Thomas Kinkade print over Loretta's bed. From Wordnik.com. [One Thousand Incarnations and One Thousand Deaths - Part I] Reference
"There was a long time when I was irrelevant," he says, not quite wistfully. From Wordnik.com. [The Cuomo Dilemma] Reference
“Cool!” thought Billy, wistfully yearning for his lost car once more. From Wordnik.com. [Another Metamorphosis: A Moral Tale about Obsession] Reference
Then Powell joked, somewhat wistfully, "It was different when I was a general.". From Wordnik.com. [Walking Back Into A War] Reference
"I've accepted that it's part of my life, part of my job," she said, wistfully. From Wordnik.com. [A Plus-Size Fashion Show] Reference
Olympic team and wistfully longs to be included in the NBA All-Star Game lineup. From Wordnik.com. [A Magical Mystery Tour] Reference
"I would like to study the Quran," one machine-gun-wielding teenager said wistfully. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
He thought about it for a moment and said rather wistfully, "You're probably right.". From Wordnik.com. [The Rise And Fall And Rise And Fall And Rise Of N] Reference
And then she thinks wistfully about Sam Spade and she feels that - or Philip Marlow. From Wordnik.com. [Paretsky's PI Uncovers Murder In Chicago] Reference
Why now do these same countries speak wistfully of the need for a global problem solver?. From Wordnik.com. [Loves Me, Loves Me Not] Reference
"We're really hoping a client will decide to hire us to do this," Bradley says wistfully. From Wordnik.com. [The Future Of Computers] Reference
Do the two of you find yourselves talking wistfully and nostalgically about the old days?. From Wordnik.com. ['The Only Weapon I Have Is Reason'] Reference
Now he glances wistfully at the cluster of baby photos still tacked to a wall in his office. From Wordnik.com. [Hard Pill To Swallow] Reference
"Together with the Germans, we would have been invin-cible," Stalin once wistfully declared. From Wordnik.com. [The Other Monster] Reference
Perhaps, Holly Hope thought rather wistfully, there would be a roadside zoo at the restaurant. From Wordnik.com. [NEEDS FROM THE FOREST] Reference
"In the Senate we called that a 'hideaway' office," he said wistfully, as if he still wanted one. From Wordnik.com. [Two Beijing Ducks] Reference
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