| 单词 | wistfulness |
| 例句 | The wistfulness in her voice drowned out everything else. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z After a moment of wistfulness, I try to let go of these memories, let go of my friends from Kunu Yaku, my beautiful cow, all the other sweet parts of my old life. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A mixture of annoyance and amazement and wistfulness that seems different in retrospect. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “How romantic of you,” Shae said, and she might have meant for her words to sound wry, but Con heard a thread of wistfulness in her voice. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z That particular bitterness was Minya’s, but sometimes he fell prey to wistfulness, too. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The characterization used by girl after girl to describe him was the same, said with the wistfulness of irrepressible infatuation: “He’s so fine!” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It proved a fine showcase for the Brentano’s poise and burnished sound, and the ensemble aptly conveyed the work’s pervasive tension and wistfulness. Music Review: Brentano String Quartet Plays Hadyn, Mozart and Bartok 2012-12-17T22:55:08Z The wistfulness of “Escalante’s Dream” arises also from Roberts’s physical and existential trials. They’re Not as Famous as Lewis and Clark, but They Should Be 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z “Thank you for leaving your homes,” Byrne says after the first number, a greeting that took on added wistfulness at a time when American TIFF-goers were relegated to their couches. Perspective | At a perilous time, the Toronto International Film Festival captured the zeitgeist 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z “There’s also a wistfulness in it,” Boynton says of her work. Hippos, birdies, T. rexes, pigs: How Sandra Boynton built an empire and won your child’s heart 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Hence too, the wistfulness this may inspire in some cinema-going mums who'd no more dare to smack a sprog than smother it. Nanny McPhee speaks softly but carries a big stick | David Cox 2010-03-29T09:44:00Z What it needs, and what it got from Wilkowske, is subtle shades of wistfulness, impatience and wonder, all bolstered by the endurance it takes to be alone onstage for an hour. Review | Lucy the chimpanzee’s life makes for compelling art at Atlas 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z Hopefully, that wistfulness won’t bring you back to any ill-fated ice cream dates, however. Ben & Jerry's releases Valentine's Day recipe for single folks 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Being the kind of kid I was, I reveled in their wistfulness: The enduring allure of A.E. Housman’s poetry 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z “He reminds me of my dad,” she says with a hint of wistfulness in her voice to the woman sitting beside her. In Las Vegas, nervous Democrats have no poker face 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z Whatever surprises and tensions this woodland walk yielded, the visitor who entered the forest agitated left it with a calm wistfulness. Music Review: Big Picture in Schumann Vignettes 2010-10-27T22:14:00Z Gianni finds little consolation with lovely friends — including a neighboring party girl and an old flame — who appreciate him with unspoken wistfulness but see him as a ghost. 'The Salt of Life': Gentle tale about aging among beauties of Rome 2012-04-05T19:26:03Z So many lives to commemorate — but our Loserbards’ brand of wry, even funny wistfulness might be just what we need right now. Style Invitational Week 1417: Dead Letters, our annual obit-poem contest 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z But there’s an undeniable tinge of wistfulness when another character says: “Someday, no one will want to tell them anymore. No one will be left to tell them.” A Bawdy Novel Considers the Tragic Absurdities of Lebanon’s Civil War 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z There’s mischief in her eyes and smile, but she has a silent screen actress’s wistfulness and a gift for conveying an inner stillness that can suggest depths of melancholy. ‘Listen Up Philip,’ With Jason Schwartzman 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z It’s hard to not watch Anne Heche, who died earlier this year at 53, with a sense of wistfulness in “What Remains,” knowing the role is one of her final ones. ‘What Remains’ Review: Murder Thriller Without the Thrills 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z But even as a child, Laura sensed "an aura of sadness, secrets and wistfulness" in her grandparents' lives. 'The Sandcastle Girls': lingering ghosts of the Armenian genocide 2012-07-11T20:08:03Z So my fits of envy when gazing on all these other writers are only a wistfulness that everyone shares, a universal angst about the paths not taken and all the lives we never lived. Polly Toynbee: What I am thinking about ... envy 2012-08-25T08:08:56Z Couple the two and you have the makings of an enjoyable four-day weekend, one that might make you feel the same wistfulness for things loved and lost that is invoked by the movie itself. ‘Dirty Dancing’: Where Kellerman’s Came to Life 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z That Stacton found his phantom selves in the annals of foreign lands imbues his novels with a unique kind of epic wistfulness. David Stacton: the method man 2013-01-26T10:00:01Z If such dying falls allow us to sink for a while into a contemplative wistfulness, our nerves go on feeling frayed long after. Howard Jacobson: In praise of bad boys' books 2012-10-05T21:55:17Z It develops warmth and wistfulness as stubborn George, reunited with his spurned first wife and family, realises his betrayal to his own ideals. London film festival second week ? review 2010-10-23T23:06:00Z When contemplating Storer, he wavers between joyful memories and a wistfulness, verging on despair that his own devotion could be fading. A black college closed in 1955, but its fading alumni fight to pass on a legacy 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z In one of these books much of the dialogue will be interior, involving long-repressed emotions, wistfulness and yearning. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Do you take this ‘relationship contract’ for better or worse? 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Also at play in Li’s popularity is the particular tenor of Chinese wistfulness. Country life: the young female farmer who is now a top influencer in China 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Only this time with additional strata of despair and wistfulness floating on its surface. Review: Blade Runner 2049 Is Visually Stunning and Excessively Faithful to the Original 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z “Someone Like You,” a single from her last record, “21,” contains a similar wistfulness. The Singularity of Adele’s Soul 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z But typical, too, is a note of wistfulness. Review: A Tap Prodigy, Growing Up in Public 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Like some of the best “Schoolhouse Rock” songs, it carries a note of wistfulness. ‘Schoolhouse Rock!’ at 50: Those Are Magic Numbers 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z “Music is for everybody, and we’ve all believed this, and this was really one of my most important goals while I was here,” Mr. Rattle said, his enthusiasm tinged with a note of wistfulness. Over 16 Years, Simon Rattle Transformed the Berlin Philharmonic. Here’s How. 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z “Vocal lines flow from lyrical wistfulness to snappy declamations; dense big-band sonorities in the orchestra segue into lighter passages backed by a jazz rhythm section,” Mr. Tommasini wrote. The Met Will Stage Its First Opera by a Black Composer 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z This is music of stark shifts between celebration and melancholy, ballroom grandeur and drawing-room wistfulness, between forcefulness and expansiveness. In Cleveland, Schubert Outsings Even the Mighty ‘Otello’ 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z Occasionally a note of wistfulness or melancholy slips into his monologues, but real regret and deep introspection are alien to his character. ‘Loro’ Review: A Corrupt Leader, and the People Who Love Him 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z This wistfulness permeates every aspect of the show. Review: Desert Awakening in ‘The Band’s Visit’ 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Sure of pitch and elegant in its phrasing, her modest-size voice has taken on a melancholy wistfulness. Mariella Devia Returns to New York in ‘Roberto Devereux’ 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Lisbon has long been marked by a certain wistfulness. Read Your Way Through Lisbon 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z There's a certain middle-aged wistfulness in the last several Pixar films that verges on postmodern decadence. "Toy Story 3": Loads of calculated summer delight! 2010-06-18T00:20:00Z The slow movement was where I most wanted a little touch of, say, Furtwängler, a little more lingering and wistfulness. Gianandrea Noseda Conducts Beethoven at Mostly Mozart 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z This gives the movie an undercurrent of wistfulness that feels exactly right, as when Eloise tells Stamp’s character that her mother is dead. ‘Last Night in Soho’ Review: Dream Girls 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z “This drawing shows a certain wistfulness I think, a certain melancholy even,” Clayton said. Leonardo da Vinci drawings go on display at Buckingham Palace 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z From the play’s first moments, when a spotlight revealed her in the act of agitatedly massaging her temples, dressed in a demure turtleneck dress, Telles’s Graciela radiated exasperation mellowed by wistfulness. International Festival of Hispanic Theater off to a strong start with ‘Gracias por Todo’ “This is, like, our last tribute to Michelle,” Ms. Elia said with palpable wistfulness. Black Designers in Focus at Fashion Institute of Technology 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z In this new exhibition, expect more cheerful wistfulness. 15 top entertainment picks for June 10-16, 2012 2012-06-06T21:30:08Z Mark Ravenhill's A Bigger Banner tackles the shattering of postwar dreams of democracy and equality with succinct savagery and wistfulness. Theatre Uncut - review 2011-03-17T17:58:55Z Yet the buoyancy and clarity of early Mendelssohn remains, especially in the Mozartean grace of the first movement and the delicate wistfulness of the intermezzo that follows it. Mendelssohn: String Quintets Op 18 and Op 87 – review 2013-05-03T11:50:37Z Fleabag segues with canny purposefulness among earnest wistfulness and dismissive flippancy, scorching pain and echoing, hollow silence, giving equal weight to each. Review: Phoebe Waller-Bridge Gives New York a Fabulous ‘Fleabag’ 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z There’s a warm, silly vibe to everything and occasional moments of real wistfulness. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z But the sweet wistfulness of Winkie’s experience at least provides relief from the sledgehammer satire. | 'Clifford Chase's Winkie': A Teddy Bear on the Hot Seat, With Hysteria Swirling All Around 2011-03-13T21:45:10Z But maturity has its own rewards, most especially in the wistfulness they bring to “Dracula’s Daughters.” Album review: Redd Kross, 'Researching the Blues' 2012-08-07T04:24:00Z And they are steeped in a wistfulness about time passing into oblivion. ‘Cineastas’ and ‘O Jardim’ at Under the Radar 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z The music, he said, was infused with his immediate emotions: the majesty of the towers, the horror of seeing people jumping from them, sadness, wistfulness and the question of why. ArtsBeat Blog: Remembering September 11 With Music 2011-09-11T21:09:27Z There’s the playfulness but also this sadness and wistfulness. “Lover, Beloved” is Suzanne Vega’s tribute to Carson McCullers and it is only the beginning 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z “Icebound” arrives in the midst of a second polar revival, a moment steeped in wistfulness. ‘Icebound’ Takes Us Back to the Arctic, in All Its Terror and Splendor 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z The documentary actually touches on several cycles of wistfulness. Television Review: ‘Silicon Valley,’ on ‘American Experience’ on PBS 2013-02-04T22:50:31Z It’s possible that I’m more given to bouts of wistfulness than the average person. The city I fell in love with still haunts me 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z But then a hint of wistfulness seems to flow through both Philipsz and her work. Susan Philipsz: Sonic boom 2010-12-07T21:30:00Z Modiano’s preferred mood seems to be a faintly pensive wistfulness — there are lots of autumn leaves on his sidewalks. ‘Suspended Sentences’: An eloquent taste of the 2014 Nobel Prize winner in literature Unless it’s keeping you from things you enjoy — in which case, a depression evaluation, please — your wistfulness and nostalgia can coexist with your joy in watching your children unfurl into whomever they’re going to be. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Any harm in ‘my house, my rules’ as the last word on unmarrieds sharing rooms? 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z There is something of that wistfulness in their work, which often expresses a yearning for farming and the rural idyll – a popular theme, as it happens, in Dutch design at the moment. Is it design, or is it ... art? 2010-05-04T14:49:00Z Ms. Martin said the color, Subtle Velvet Graphite, evokes a “wistfulness,” though it also reflects the rich palette of the new film. | Rooms: The Plaza Introduces the Fitzgerald Suite 2013-04-24T22:12:48Z And this time the source of the haunting was our own wistfulness and regret. Review: ‘Make Believe’ Has a Cast of Children, but No Fairy Tales 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z The lyrics bear the tightrope balance of happy/sad wistfulness that he perfected on “Salad Days,” and his hangdog voice hugs the melody effortlessly. New Dogs, Old Tricks: Mac DeMarco and James Taylor 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Some are funny; others sad — expect equal parts whimsy, wisdom and wistfulness. The 18 books to read this fall - The Washington Post 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z In that sense, "Notes to a Future Lover" is a book about loss — not nostalgia so much as longing, wistfulness. Ander Monson's 'Letter to a Future Lover' and the lives of books 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Based on simple motion — stepping, walking, running and hopping — and set to “You Are My Sunshine” as recorded by Gene Autry, it was a mix of wistfulness and whimsy. Mark Morris Gives Video Dances a Whirl 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z The alert performance was marred only by the violinist Davide de Ascaniis, who didn’t broaden his straightforward style to encompass the wistfulness of the work’s opening or the raptures of the Andante. Music Review: The Chelsea Music Festival Opens With a Homage 2013-06-18T19:48:56Z He brings a touching, exhausted wistfulness to his performance as Paul, whose malice-free contempt for Harry is amiably mixed with a conviction that nary a soul in Washington resides on a much higher moral plane. | 'Born Yesterday': Daffy Blonde Gets Wise to Washington 2011-04-25T02:01:07Z He thought of himself, with a plangent mixture of hubris and wistfulness, as an inheritor of the Proustian tradition of classical high modernism. A new look at Jack Kerouac, from the Library of America 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z The longer he looked the less he spoke, as the images pulled him back through time, his face a kaleidoscope of feelings: joy and wistfulness, communion and great love. David Henry Hwang, the Man Who Can Make Bruce Lee Talk 2012-11-10T14:39:45Z He still aspires to do other kinds of work: “When I go to the gym, I listen to ‘Hamilton,’” he said with a touch of wistfulness. In Praise of Repertory Theater: Macbeth at the Matinee, Miller at Night 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Even in her early films, her height, her skinniness and her wistfulness combined to get her noticed. Audrey Hepburn: an iconic problem 2011-01-20T21:30:02Z With Anthony I left my internal engine running on him but left him open – so he had a wistfulness but also a drive. Eddie Izzard: curious characters and Christmas wishes 2012-11-08T09:30:00Z “Sort-of Fairy Tale” is the title of one of the numbers, and it identifies a wistfulness that links the alternating stories. ‘Ordinary Days’ is an extraordinarily charming musical of questing young New Yorkers There is a wistfulness in the story, a guy who cannot quite get himself to care enough about his girlfriend. T.C. Boyle: Older, still effortlessly cool 2012-09-07T15:05:00Z There is a hard-won wistfulness in Perry's vocal that chimes with some unexpected references – to June and Johnny Cash and to "making out in your Mustang to Radiohead", surely something that only happens in California. Katy Perry: Teenage Dream 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z Even though that novel won the National Book Award in 2007, there remained a lingering wistfulness to much of the praise it earned. It’s time to embrace Denis Johnson’s beautiful corruption 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z With some wistfulness, Mr. Alonso added, “Those were the days.” Modern Marvel 2011-03-25T16:14:29Z Mournfulness and wistfulness gave way to a feisty, festive air. Bob Dylan’s Masterpiece Is Still Hard to Find 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z The better comparison is to “American Graffiti” and “The Last Picture Show,” because “Skateland,” which opens on Friday in New York and Los Angeles, has a similar combination of wistfulness and about-to-burst tension. The Week Ahead: May 8 ? 14 2011-05-06T19:26:23Z Later, Clinton brings a similar wistfulness to her account of the second debate with Trump, at which he stalked her on stage, seeking to intimidate her. Read Hillary Clinton's 'What Happened' in context and with an open mind. What she's written says something about America 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z But the main reason for the wistfulness that filled the air during that session was the sense that we were saying goodbye to Dan Sullivan. Learning 'Lear': Time to Leave the Nest 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z Lurking beneath the charisma of Sachs’s inventions is a nostalgic wistfulness. Tom Sachs: Rocket Man to Renaissance Man 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Ma conjures the expat protagonist of Joseph O’Neill’s “Netherland,” who argues that “we are in the realm not of logic but of wistfulness.” The End Is Near in Two Dystopian Debut Novels 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z As such, the subtleties in his singing only deviated minutely from his essentially brilliant timbre — a touch of duskiness here in “Juliet,” an echo of wistfulness there in “Night Song,” both by Owens. Review: Lawrence Brownlee Makes Room for Black Composers 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z In a mere 16 minutes, Walter wonderfully evokes the wistfulness of a childhood too soon ended. ‘The 2023 Oscar Nominated Short Films’ Review: Bite-Size Global Tales 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z As for that propulsive sigh, it emanates from the title character called Hillary, who spends the surprisingly airy 90 minutes of this show in what might be called a state of angry wistfulness. Review: In ‘Hillary and Clinton,’ Codependence, and, Yes, Camaraderie 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z He offers her friendly advice about the necessity of connection that cuts to the heart of the play’s layered meanings eloquently, and Mr. Conlee delivers it with an elegant wistfulness. Theater Review: ‘The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence’ 2013-12-10T03:00:01Z In preparation for the 10th series, why not smooth on a few more layers of wistfulness with our rundown of the best moments from the past nine … Bake Off at 10: the greatest moments from the nine series so far 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z Molly McCloskey, an American writer who has spent much of her adult life in Ireland, brings a hyper-lucid wistfulness to the genre. A Young Wife Toys With Adultery 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z I knew that the wistfulness with which I recalled my first apartment would now have a strange, tragic asterisk. Meryl Streep’s Twenties, and My Own 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z I don't think it's just my own wistfulness that makes these recreations so darn good. Nostalgic for Kudos? Here's a copycat version of the lunchbox favorite 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z He writes that Republicans are better at fighting to win, and there is a wistfulness to his unstated longing for a similar sense of tribal loyalty on the left. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Barack Obama’s ‘A Promised Land’ 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Several longtime Gay Days attendees shared a similar wistfulness for Gay Days gone by, adding that the us-against-the-world esprit de corps that was such an important part of the event has waned. After a Political Storm, Gay Days Return to Disney 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z She takes a job at a travel magazine, where she indulges her emotional wanderlust and natural wistfulness, writing about cities that are “more beautiful, less troubled” than her own. With Sensuality and Coolness, a Debut Novel Considers the (Partial) Truths We Tell About Ourselves 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z And, given how often Sondheim songs traded in wistfulness and melancholy, the composer’s own lyrics were used to celebrate and remember him, too. ‘Elemental and Irreplaceable’: Stars Pay Tribute to Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Although a strain of wistfulness colors her singing, her musical sensibility is innately cheerful. Music Review | 'Misty: Johnny Burke After Hours': Lyrics Still Inspire Mistiness Even After All These Years 2010-02-22T05:55:00Z It encapsulates the world I want to see, coupled with the wistfulness that we’re not there yet. Spring Forward: Songs for a New Season 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z The score evokes influences as diverse as Gilbert and Sullivan and Kurt Weill, and is often suffused with an evocative, melodic wistfulness. Wait, Leonard Bernstein Wrote a ‘Peter Pan’ Musical? 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z A visitor today can’t help feeling a sort of embarrassed wistfulness for a time when people built such monuments for their books. A Scene Right Out of Philip Roth: His Books Come Home to Newark’s Library 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Myrta is cold and vengeful, and while Teuscher masters the character’s steely side, she also brings the slightest shadow of wistfulness. Emerging Through the Fog of a Pandemic With ‘Giselle’ 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z By the Finale, though, more drama was made out of contrasting dynamics, with a candied, fairy-tale character to both the wistfulness and the high spirits. Review: A Concerto Conjures the Creation, With Video 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z The iPod will likely one day befall a similar fate, and another generation will gasp in joined wistfulness. A Walkman obit: Remembering the portable player 2010-10-25T22:28:00Z At the height of his fame, Mr. McKuen seemed to embody a sensibility of earnest, inward-looking wistfulness often associated with the 1960s. Rod McKuen dies at 81; poetry and songs sold millions and drew critical scorn in the 1960s and ’70s 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Gerald Stern, who drew on nature, history and his own experiences to write prizewinning poetry laced with wistfulness, anger and humor, died on Friday in New York City. Gerald Stern, Poet of Wistfulness, Anger and Humor, Dies at 97 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z His memoir, published when Guest was just 27, is filled with wistfulness, a longing for her undivided attention. The strange life of Tim Guest 2010-03-28T00:05:00Z It’s tinged with wistfulness, as when an interviewer asks Ms. Patterson if she ever wanted her own children, human ones. The Messages of Koko, Zika and the Colorado 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Her music, often cataloged as indie or lo-fi, sways with the wistfulness of groups like the Shins. Pop & Rock Listings for Aug. 5-11 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Reid declared himself an admirer of Bobby Short, to whom he bears some vocal resemblance, although the wistfulness of his tone and the smoothness of his delivery were all his own. Music Review: Nightclub Tradition Gets a Jolt Of Youth 2010-10-08T22:54:00Z You indicate that sex is more important to you than having a settled relationship, and that you use sex as a means of connecting with others, but there is some wistfulness in your words. Am I watching too much porn? 2011-07-21T20:00:08Z Both chart the sometimes imperceptible but essential steps of an artist’s development: the tedium of foundational technique, the life-changing generosity of a mentor, the wistfulness of relationships quietly lost along the way. ‘The Violin Conspiracy’ Is a Musical Thriller With Some Unexpected Notes 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z But Mr. Sondheim invests them with that layering of anger, wit and wistfulness that makes him such a great portraitist as a songwriter. Theater Review: Sondheim?s ?Merrily We Roll Along? in Encores! Staging 2012-02-09T23:44:16Z Perhaps that exacerbates the wistfulness in her tone, the extraordinary sadness in her eyes that persists even when she is talking of happy things, the ragged vulnerability of her voice. Life's looking up, Dame Harriet 2011-01-15T12:04:01Z If the players in the First seem constantly to play Devil’s advocate, questioning one another’s musical statements, the Second invites them to collaborate on a blended palette of sounds and occasional passages of poignant wistfulness. Review: The Orion Quartet Plays Kirchner Disguised as Bartok 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z That bit of best-case-scenario wistfulness is about as persuasively hopeful as things get in this truly disturbing documentary, which pretty much argues that human beings are hard-wired to self-destruct. Movie review: 'Surviving Progress': a grim view of humans' self-destructive nature 2012-04-19T20:25:07Z Left unclear is whether this statement came from a place of wistfulness or relief. No more Jimmys on late night: Why we need more women comedians hosting now 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z It all goes down gently, with a wry wistfulness that will not surprise anyone who watched the original series. Can ‘The Wonder Years’ Break Through the White Noise of Nostalgia? 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z I cried at every episode, once from sadness but more often from wistfulness and poignance. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z ‘The Guns at Last Light: the War in Western Europe, 1944-1945’ Fruitless combat in places like Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan can evoke a certain wistfulness for World War II. ‘Last Light’: Spellbinding close to Rick Atkinson WWII trilogy 2013-05-22T23:09:50Z There are few more poignant scenes than the play's final one, in which wistfulness and hope collide, thanks to some superb acting and writing. Review: 'The Assembled Parties' a terrific drama 2013-04-18T00:15:15Z But is there also the tiniest bit of wistfulness, the slight but unmistakable hint of longing toward all that stylish chaos, all that selfish, retrograde abandon? Cultural Studies: On ?Mad Men,? The Allure of Messy Lives 2010-07-30T21:05:00Z The neighborhood where she and Mr. Valdez live, near MacArthur Park, is “as close as you can come” to New York in California, Ms. Kraus said with a touch of wistfulness. Chris Kraus, Author of ‘I Love Dick,’ Returns to the Bronx 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z You began your careers in the early ’80s, a time that a lot of people in fashion look back on now with more than a little wistfulness. | Inge Grognard's Radical Chic 2010-10-27T16:10:00Z He opens “Summer Friends” with wistfulness: “Socks on concrete, Jolly Rancher kids/I was talking back and now I gotta stay at grandma’s crib.” Chance the Rapper Releases ‘Coloring Book,’ With Spirit 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Leo has his arms around her neck, and he’s swaying with his eyes closed when a look crosses Nancy’s face, one of gratitude and wistfulness coupled with a dash of concern. Emma Thompson and the Challenge of Baring All Onscreen at 63 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z For an agrarian society like England, the factory generated a wistfulness for the bucolic agricultural past. In ‘Behemoth,’ Manufacturing Still Looms Large 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Her voice is steady and warm, her enunciation pristine, her respect for the song absolute, her emotional stance a serene balance of wistfulness and resilience. An Appraisal: Voice and Career That Always Said, ?It Might as Well Be Spring? 2011-01-12T22:25:12Z Wry observation is a crucial undercurrent in this collection, but so is wistfulness. Music Review: In ?Five Borough Songbook,? 20 Composers Show N.Y. - Review 2012-01-15T20:56:39Z These numbers — featuring generally clunky lyrics by Sheik and Amanda Green — all draw from the same well of wistfulness. ‘Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice’ Review: Four on a Mattress, With Songs 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z It’s far from the album’s best song, but here its wistfulness presented a refreshingly different angle for Ms. Lambert, a way of opening up without letting down her guard. Miranda Lambert, Rowdy in the Catskills 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z The incidental music is an intriguing combination of strings and handclaps, urging you along, suggesting wistfulness and contemplation; episodes conclude with a lovely Zombies song, “A Rose for Emily.” “S-Town” Investigates the Human Mystery 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z But “Smash and Grab” marvels more at the inventive perpetrators and lets them indulge in their sense of personal drama and their wistfulness over the sacrifices required by their chosen métier. Movie Review: ‘Smash and Grab’ Goes Inside the Pink Panthers 2013-07-31T01:45:34Z There’s a wistfulness, a melancholy about this work. Seattle Phil concert focuses on late works by the greats 2013-01-10T22:01:56Z The Guardian's Alexis Petridis described Bowie's voice as "gorgeously fragile – not the fragility of someone nearing 70 who's lost their vocal power, but the fragility of someone who wants to communicate an aching wistfulness." David Bowie secures first top 10 single in 20 years 2013-01-13T18:51:08Z Nor did Vaughan Williams, a student socialist who remained left-leaning, always flee the present into an Arcadian past, despite the wistfulness of works like his Oboe Concerto. Vaughan Williams: Complicated, but Not Quite Conservative 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z Darío’s return still stands sure in the Nicaraguan consciousness today — there are books and plays about it — though I got the feeling the moment carries some wistfulness. The Inescapable Poet of Nicaragua 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z Crucially, the kids danced more often than not off the beat: Mr. Leckey did not synchronize sound to image, which imbued the video with a loss and wistfulness belying its four-on-the-floor beat. Mark Leckey Captures the Exuberance of Pre-‘Brexit’ Britain 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z She seems to glide through “Moment by Moment” with a bright-toned wistfulness, a luminous melancholy, and a quiet calm that registers emotional turmoil with the mere passing of a cloud, the dropping of a pause. Revisiting “Moment by Moment,” Lily Tomlin and John Travolta’s Wrongly Despised 1978 Melodrama 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z It’s more like a sudden, insistent fit of wistfulness, a yearning to become a different version of herself after almost seven years with him. ‘House Plant’ Review: A Bizarro Breakup and What Comes After 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z As glimpses of the pre-2001 towers began to conjure wistfulness and nostalgia more than horror and trauma, the “Simpsons” episode was put back into syndication. The Twin Towers After September 11: A Tribute or a Painful Reminder? 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Her cello-focussed pop music is influenced by the styles of those places, and by a certain wistfulness. Listen to Dom La Nena 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Welser-Möst, keeping the tempo calm, drew warm, melting playing from the instruments, which conveyed the wistfulness beneath the stirrings. Review: In ‘Daphne,’ the Cleveland Orchestra Takes on a Difficult Strauss Opera 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z Plenty of children’s shows are cute but “City of Ghosts” is also beautiful, and its poetic wistfulness about Los Angeles would be at home on a premium cable drama. The Best TV Episodes of 2021 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z Providing solace and wistfulness, there were Jimmy and Rosyln Carter, elegant and gracious, aging beautifully, having flown coach from Atlanta. Today, We March 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z Wright has incorporated his old Crawl script into his new film with reflective, nostalgic eyes, resulting in a story just as inventive and funny as his previous work, but with added layers of wistfulness. The World's End: meet Edgar Wright 2013-07-13T05:00:00Z There was indeed a conscious gloom to a form of art that revelled in love-sick wistfulness and tormented reveries. Aesthetic values 2011-03-26T00:05:03Z The narrator, when she visits West Africa, expresses a kind of wistfulness about the role of dance there, especially in rites of passage. Zadie Smith on Dance: ‘It Brings Such Intense Joy’ 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Yet his playing abounded with milky colorings and poetic wistfulness. Review: New York Philharmonic Ushers in Carnegie Birthday Season 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z When Lorraine finally sings Bloody Mary’s big song, “Bali Ha’i” — to her uncommunicative husband — it’s with a tender wistfulness and a gaze that stretches miles beyond their confining living room. Review: In ‘Happy Talk,’ Susan Sarandon Escapes Into Amateur Acting 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z But he also delivers Jack’s remembrance of a failed romance with soft wistfulness that makes it among the evening’s most affecting passages. Review: In ‘The Weir,’ Things Go Bump in the Night, at the Pub 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z The comforting melancholy of the title number, which McKechnie performs with a lovely wistfulness, sets the show's autumnal tone. 'In Your Arms' a pleasing, sketch-heavy dance-musical at the Old Globe 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z But if it wasn’t quite remorse, one could sense some wistfulness on Monday. Yasiin Bey was one of rap’s brightest stars. His farewell concert was a stirring reminder. 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z “We lived together. Worked together. Hurt together,” says O’Hara with more than a little wistfulness. This ’80s female wrestling league was dangerous and sexist — and the best job of their lives 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z Ms. Simons and Mr. Ruder employed distinct hues of wistfulness. Critic’s Notebook: Robert Ashley’s Work Lives On at the Whitney Biennial 2014-04-14T21:19:51Z The best books in this genre marry wistfulness with humor. A Novelist’s Requiem for the Male Libido 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z There was tenderness in their reading of the melancholic second movement and autumnal wistfulness to the luscious melodies of the third, accented by the sea-gull gestures in the cello. New Juilliard Performs Contemporary Music at Summergarden 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z "Archive 81" taps into that wistfulness and obsession. Sects, lies and videotape: "Archive 81" and the mystique of the semipermanent artifact 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z I’m extrapolating from your tone a certain wistfulness. Perspective | Ask Amy: Housemates worry about friend’s new guy 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z “We have to understand that queer and trans folk have been courageous, creative, resilient people for many decades,” Valenzuela notes with the gritted wistfulness that characterizes “ONE Magazine at Seventy.” One magazine secretly built community in the ’50s. Now it's celebrated in L.A.'s queer history festival 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z But also, even in “The Ballad of Jack and Rose,” which is a very lyrical film and has a lot of wistfulness, there are funny sequences. Rebecca Miller grew up with drama. Then she married it. Now she just wants to be funny 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z “Once the games start, except for moments of wistfulness among certain fanbases and certain broadcasters or journalists … it’s not going to matter,” Davis said. With super conferences and CFP expansion on horizon, 2023 is the end of an era in college football 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z But there was also a new, if ever so slight, wistfulness, an understanding, perhaps, in Dudamel that he no longer can control Beethoven, just as we have no right to control nature. Review: At a time of disruption, Dudamel returns to the L.A. Phil for premieres by Ellen Reid and Gabriella Smith 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z “The songs that came from this time in my life were marked by their brutal honesty, unfiltered diaristic confessions and wild wistfulness,” she wrote on Instagram. Taylor Swift's next album revisits John Mayer feud. For Taylor Lautner, that's too fun 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z There is a playful melancholy to these moments — a wistfulness that comes from Andrew’s deep need to both see his mother as well as be seen by her with full transparency. Review: Imagining the possibilities of life in the touching Italian drama 'L'immensità' 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z A note of wistfulness, even resignation, permeates the newest titles on the nature bookshelf. Review | What can owls teach us? And what should we learn from them? 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z And Weaver invests “Moment in the Woods” with all the wistfulness you could want in a character who, like so many of the others, is a victim of her own contradictory impulses. Review | Go ‘Into the Woods’ at Signature Theatre. Come out charmed. 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z In seven minutes, “Sleepytime” captures the musical beds that go on during the night, along with a wistfulness about growing up. How five 'magic' years made 'Bluey' a global TV phenomenon 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z Greeting me upon entry was a lifelike bust of my teenage protagonist, a lovely girl whose wistfulness and longing belie her horrific fate. Opinion | Is Jamestown worth saving? 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z That wistfulness about bringing a beloved family drama to an end is shared by all. The man behind 'This Is Us' breaks down that deceptively simple finale 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z The staffers also spoke with a hint of wistfulness — magazine covers don’t make quite the same splash these days. In Entertainment Weekly’s glory days, the Chicks took a big risk 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Vlodko went to the protests in Westminster on Wednesday, which he said filled him with a sense of wistfulness. Ukrainians in the UK: 'My dad refused safety, he will protect the land' 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Tilson Thomas’ wistfulness goes to the edge of sentimentality but stops just in time to make sure we do not feel cheated. Review: Back from brain surgery, Michael Tilson Thomas seeks transcendence with Rilke and the L.A. Phil 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z Their chemistry on-screen is beautifully evident, a shy wistfulness that roars into lust and adoration. Review: ‘A Journal for Jordan’ is a tear-jerker from Denzel 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z When Ms Kahmadir, who was a nurse before joining her mother in the Ministry of National Security, spoke of leaving Afghanistan, it was with wistfulness. Afghanistan to Wisconsin: Refugees dream of home 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z The show’s embrace of the weird and whimsical is charming, but it’s the touch of wistfulness that seeps through as we watch Hilda grow that makes it memorable. The 75 best TV shows on Netflix right now, according to our experts 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z In that, you have a lifetime’s worth of wistfulness, and perhaps some bitterness and grief, not to mention prescience about what might come next. A Cautionary Tale for the New Roaring Twenties 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z His businesslike characters are also dreamers; the weary ones are balanced by wistfulness. Why Lou Grant best captured Ed Asner's genius 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z But on a day when the feels-like temperature here reached 100 degrees, our wistfulness may have been limited. Saturday was fully summer, but it also showed the season is ending 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z But there is still a wistfulness to Chancellor’s career as well, because of its premature end. Ex-Seahawk Richard Sherman’s arrest the latest sad chapter in the Legion of Boom’s once-uplifting story 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z “Only 12 more weeks,” the greatest gymnast of her generation and any other says with a hint of wistfulness. Swan song? Biles gearing up for one more Olympic ride 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z Excepting the heaps of schmaltz, this is a restrained film, made with wistfulness by a comedy great. Review: Billy Crystal and Tiffany Haddish in ‘Here Today’ 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Yet the book nonetheless ends with the American combatants looking back on the Pech Valley — and their war — with a little wistfulness. Review | American troops fought hard in Afghanistan’s Pech Valley. But why? 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z But mostly, as the four greatest words in the English language are uttered Wednesday — “pitchers and catchers report” — I feel a whole bunch of wistfulness. Arizona heat, baseball drills and rotten bananas: What I’ll miss most about spring training this year 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z For him, any feelings of loss or wistfulness were overtaken by the celebration that it existed: it’s a fact, it’s evidence and it’s preserved.” Michael J Fox: ‘Every step now is a frigging math problem, so I take it slow’ 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z This time, a hint of wistfulness creeps into his voice. Keith Richards: 'I'll celebrate the Stones' 60th anniversary in a wheelchair'. 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z There may be some wistfulness within Hughes while he observes from afar. As the Storm dominates the WNBA, coach Dan Hughes can only watch from afar 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z In all of them, there is a wistfulness — not just for the contributions of this venerable public servant but also for his optimism and authenticity. Slade Gorton, a true public servant, left us words to live by 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z I don’t want thoughtful internal journeys, or wistfulness or subtlety. As I try to escape coronavirus-filled reality, all I want is monsters and aliens | Emma Brockes 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z Her work manages to express a certain wistfulness, with a rueful woolly smile occasionally emerging from the ratty swirls of colored fabric cords and sheep fleece she uses to construct her animalistic, slightly unsettling pieces. The Artists Keeping Up the Tradition of Mask-Making 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z Nostalgia and wistfulness weren’t in play because his retirement wasn’t yet in sight. Analysis | As LeBron James passes Kobe Bryant, a once-unthinkable mark is in play 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z The story is propelled almost entirely without dialogue, and the colors used throughout naturally invite you to become absorbed by the wistfulness the game is founded upon. One of PlayStation’s most important studios makes games about loneliness 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Looking back through the Op-Ed columns Sen. Gorton wrote for The Seattle Times, he sometimes expressed wistfulness himself for a government that contested ideas rather than brutally crushed opponents. Slade Gorton, a true public servant, left us words to live by 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z I saw my former self in their monopolization of the chat rooms, their disdain for the growing sales team, their wistfulness for the way things had been. Four Years in Startups 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z It’s a reincarnation of the Back-Bay shop, with the same wistfulness and feeling of being homesick, yet not knowing what for. Legendary Boston bookstore reopens in Lee barn 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z The dialogue and action has slowed down enough to allow a little wistfulness and melancholy to creep in. Review: In Tarantino’s latest, a radiant Hollywood fable 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z But it’s equally impossible to watch all that unfold – with insightful commentary by the participants — without feeling a sense of melancholy, of wistfulness. Here’s to remembering thrilling 1995 Mariners season fondly, but also hoping it doesn’t continue to define franchise 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z Smiles are now few and far between, and a permanent wistfulness has crept into in her voice. Review: Dianne Wiest faces an apocalypse in Beckett’s ‘Happy Days’ 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z She revealed this with a sense of embarrassment at her own wistfulness — her dreamy nostalgia evoking Beckett’s Winnie, who leans back in her mound and apostrophizes the “old style.” After two Oscars and and two Emmys, Dianne Wiest finds meaning in Beckett 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z But she doesn’t have enough opportunities to do what she does best: turn wistfulness into song. Review: ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ from Roundabout Theatre has more showmanship than chemistry 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Like “Merrily,” it’s contemplative and structurally bold; unlike “Merrily,” it conveys no wistfulness for the way it was. Stephen Sondheim and Lynn Nottage Revivals Time-Travel Through Artists’ Lives 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z The Seahawks had theirs Sunday and they exuded the standard mixture of wistfulness, frustration and regret — all those emotions still raw, less than 24 hours after being eliminated from the playoffs in Dallas. Seahawks have obvious goal for next season: Win the division and play at home 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Without any fixed plans for the event’s end or its continuation, players and organizers at this year’s tournament participated with a mixture of wistfulness and confusion. As Men’s Team Tennis Events Rise, the Coed Hopman Cup Is Left in Limbo 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z Replaced by a mix of harsh reality and a hint of wistfulness. Steelers edge Bengals 16-13 but miss out on playoffs 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z But as they begin to think about Iowa’s 2020 presidential caucuses — in which as many as two dozen Democratic candidates may seek their support — the wistfulness is fading fast. In Iowa, Democrats see 2020 as head vs. heart moment 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z But there was also a sense of wistfulness and finality that permeated the empty hallways, as the chances of salvaging a compromise waned. On Capitol Hill, a Fittingly Chaotic End to a Tumultuous Year 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z “For a while we were putting Beurre de Baratte on the waffles on the truck,” he says, maybe with wistfulness, maybe with relief that those days were done. Notes from the holiday taco underground. Or, how Wes Avila throws an L.A. Christmas party 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Indeed, Carter has a touch of wistfulness over the self-contained world of blacks, victims of a uniform anti-black sentiment, yet undeniably, defiantly proud of who they are. Review | Daughter of the black elite who brought down a gangster 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z A range of emotions came in between, a continuum between tonality and atonality, between tune and tunelessness, between wistfulness and ferocity, between memory and forgetting. Review: One pianist, 32 super-short pieces of music and the memory of the late, great Steven Stucky 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z He says it matter-of-factly, with no hint of wistfulness or fear. How it feels to be swallowed by a black hole 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z “There’s a wistfulness about the fact that they never talked about that,” Molitor said, adding, “You were told, move on, honey. Move on, dear. It wasn’t meant to be.” Women applaud Michelle Obama’s decision to share her trauma of miscarriage 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z The three men likely have varying levels of wistfulness over the end of their site. Three D.C. writers started the Sports Capitol. NBC Sports Washington just hired them all. 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z There’s wistfulness and melancholy in that statement, but the mood throughout the night was ebullient. Seattle loudly confirms its affection for the NBA 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Doing so seemed to trigger, for the first time in our interactions, an element of wistfulness. David Boies Pleads Not Guilty 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z In many ways, July 20, 21 and 22 represent the turning point of summer, possibly the occasion for a certain wistfulness. Summer days start cycle of retreating 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Then, with a touch of wistfulness, she sighed and said, “Memories of Rome.” A Lemony Breakfast Cake That Tastes Like a Roman Holiday 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z Even without the spectre of mortality, summer in art embodies a fleeting wistfulness, a carefree and uncontainable bliss. From Do the Right Thing to Swimming Pool: culture's hottest heatwaves 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z “Somebody like me is from a different era,” he says, with a little wistfulness but no obvious regrets. 'I spoke from the heart': ice skater Adam Rippon on taking on Mike Pence 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z My father, on the other hand, seemed immune to this wistfulness. Translating “The Americans,” and Seeing a Mirror of My Own American Experience 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z It is tempting to look back on 1967 with a certain wistfulness: young people, heady victories, reckless enemies, unavoidable hubris. The fight to define the very essence of Israel | Bernard Avishai 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z That wistfulness contrasted nicely with her perfectly pitched style, poise and captivating beauty. Françoise Hardy: ‘I sing about death in a symbolic, even positive way’ 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z “The love stories that I have found that are reciprocal are in movies,” he said, with more than a hint of wistfulness. He Wanted to Escape His Childhood. Now, It Fuels His Art. 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z But an unmistakable wistfulness — and a bit of defiance — also hung in the air inside the Colosseum at Caesars Palace during Ms. Snider’s 90-minute presentation. An Elegiac Tone as 20th Century Fox Faces a Disney Future 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z There was a wistfulness and even vulnerability we had not seen before, mixed in with an eagerness to pass on his accumulated wisdom before he steps away from the game for good. A different side of Ichiro emerges in return to Mariners 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Bell, ever since his breakthrough as a child in “Billy Elliot,” has been one of those actors who can break your heart with a glance; there’s a calm, steely wistfulness to him that’s immensely moving. Annette Bening and Jamie Bell shine in ‘Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool’ 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z He never complained about his lost chance to touch a celestial body, although he did evince some wistfulness. Richard Gordon, astronaut of Gemini and Apollo missions, dies at 88 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z For those gathered in the Greater Richmond Convention Center there was excitement and some wistfulness. Obama delivers veiled but withering rebuke of Trump, urging a return to hope 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z A devoted father who will soon lose Eliza to college, he is a tangle of tenderness, wistfulness and pent-up rage at the wheel in this fruitless search. Review: A family tale told artfully in ‘Meyerowitz Stories’ 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z And yet, in hindsight, that moment might be viewed with a certain wistfulness by all sides involved. 'The Vietnam War' and the Story Behind the Pictures of Hanoi's Communist Takeover 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z Still, there’s room in there for some pure, football wistfulness. In football-mad Florida, watching a season ‘all kind of wash away’ 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z As each band takes the stage, their guitars slowly wash away the din of the street, tinting the evening with a euphoric wistfulness. 'A language we use to say sentimental things': how shoegaze took over Asia 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z "They tell me he has my eyes," the 43-year-old said with a mix of wistfulness and pride this month in an interview at the Suffolk County House of Corrections. This Janitor Became an Emblem of Trump's Immigration Sweep 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z “They tell me he has my eyes,” the 43-year-old said with a mix of wistfulness and pride this month in an interview at the Suffolk County House of Corrections. Detained university janitor, in US 11 years, awaits his fate 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z "Paper Cowboy" taps some of the wistfulness of a Gram Parsons aching waltz, then seamlessly segues into a thrillingly extended cowpunk excursion that elicits warm memories of L.A.'s late-great Rank and File. What to listen to now: Margo Price, Justin Bieber and Manu Dibango 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z And nostalgic hankering feels like a political act in a country whose president moulded imagined wistfulness for simpler times into a policy cornerstone, with nativist calls to “make America great again”. Glen Campbell's Galveston: politics of nostalgia echo amid faded grandeur 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z Still, Quinn, who was born a year after the movie takes place, has a certain wistfulness about what a technology-free childhood might have looked like. In the 1995-set movie ‘Landline,’ communication is hard enough without texting and Facebook 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Later, in “California,” she recounts her own move west with a knowing wistfulness: “Riding up the coastline, swimming in the moonlight / Nothing lasts forever / Yeah, even on the Westside.” Why Niia took a slow route to soul-music success 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z And whether they’re rooted in joy, nostalgia, or wistfulness, those surprises get very addicting. How to master Google Photos 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z He walks a bit stiffly, his eyesight is bad, and his face carries an expression best described as contented wistfulness. From the archive: Roberto De Vicenzo: ‘The choice I made’ - Golf Digest 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z The subjects are certainly given to a poetic wistfulness that those Romantic forebears might share. Germany’s techno DJs, a thoughtful lot 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z The sense of wistfulness was unmistakeable at the recent gala opening of an exhibit of photos from Kennedy’s life and career at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. JFK at 100: Trump comparisons fuel nostalgia for 'Camelot' 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z Bella did not feel a moment of wistfulness about her own aging. “A Small Flame” 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z “It was even bigger than here,” said Aywazian with a note of wistfulness. The Pope is coming to the Middle East. But Christians are heading for the exits 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z And the song observes how even heroes and celebrities are subject to the same moments of wistfulness as those who live their lives in near anonymity. Review | With bouffants and silver boots, Chanel rockets back to the early Space Age 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z When Judy Garland sings “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” it’s with a purity of tone and a sublime wistfulness that speak for us all, articulating a yearning beyond words. Escaping to La La Land, Then and Now 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z In an era of big-budget pop experiments and indie-minded hip-hop, "7 Years" is a positively quaint piano ballad about welcoming old age with a certain nostalgia and wistfulness. Grammys 2017 live updates: Beyoncé leads the pack with nine nominations, but can she make history? 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z “I always had this childlike feeling that everything would turn out all right in the end,” he says, with just a hint of wistfulness. 'I thought I was smarter than almost everybody': my double life as a KGB agent 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z Looking back on his long struggle to prove the vaccine’s value, and then to win acceptance, Dr. Clemens offered an explanation that blended wistfulness and cynicism. Turning the Tide Against Cholera 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z He often opines about American culture, with the kind of wistfulness befitting a septuagenarian son of the New York borough of Queens. How a week of tweets by Trump stoked anxiety, moved markets and altered plans 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z There is a bit of wistfulness in his voice as he talks about 1942. The Rose Bowl moved in 1942, the only time the game hasn't been played in Pasadena. Here's why 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z On Wednesday, he presided over the chamber as lawmakers took turns paying tribute to the Amtrak-riding, aviator sunglass-wearing former senator in speeches marked by humor, wistfulness and remembrances. 'Mr. President' Biden as GOP, Dem senators pay tribute 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z His popularity is tinged with disappointment over his failures and wistfulness for the optimism he espoused. Europeans View Obama’s Exit With a Mix of Admiration and Regret 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z News that Mr. Trump would be the next president of the United States inspired an early wistfulness for the Obama administration among some leaders. Trump Victory Alarms Gay and Transgender Groups 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z This is a far more humbling process than the heady rush of being one of the nation’s elite prospects — another source of that wistfulness. As USC prepares to play UW, demoted QB and ex-Skyline star Max Browne has no regrets 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z It was a day to reflect and relive and grieve and celebrate and feel a deep wistfulness for the passing of time. Thousands flock to Arnold Palmer memorial service to cry, laugh, and pay tribute to The King - Golf Digest 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Yet a wistfulness remains for the old bank building, once known as the IBJ battleship. R.I.P.: Japanese Bank Tower That Embodied Nation’s Industrial Might 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z The aerospace innovator replied that he envisioned it as a series of chapters: Each was to be embraced with excitement and without wistfulness for the past. Frank Wyle, aerospace innovator and L.A. museum benefactor, dies at 97 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z DuVernay follows the template but resists the more typical wistfulness in favor of the sensual. New Oprah Winfrey, Ava DuVernay drama 'Queen Sugar' a lyrical study in landscapes 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z There are strains of wistfulness in Max Browne’s voice these days. As USC prepares to play UW, demoted QB and ex-Skyline star Max Browne has no regrets 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z For those who competed against Mr. Trump during the Republican nominating contest, and warned of his vulnerabilities, the skewering from Mr. Obama brought a sense of wistfulness. Some Republicans Compliment Obama’s Speech for Stealing a G.O.P. Message 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z In many ways, it feels like the definitive example of a Pup song: musically, it’s buoyant, and outwardly knowing, but underneath there’s a wistfulness and weight to it. On tour with Pup: crowdsurfing, cysts and dead chameleons 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z But even she, with genuine wistfulness, recalls the making of the track, with her regular songwriting partner Ben Weisman, as “just a blissful time with so many phenomenal, phenomenal musicians around us”. Walking on sunshine: The Ladies of Too Slow to Disco compilation 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z A round-faced and gregarious grandfather, Rudd looks back on those days with regret and wistfulness. A Vietnam veteran and a 1960s radical met on a bus headed for Khe Sanh. Here’s what happened. 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Still, sometimes notes of wistfulness creep into her voice. ‘Fitbit for your period’: the rise of fertility tracking | Moira Weigel 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z Both these pieces are remarkable for leaning more heavily on hunches than political science, adding an air of wistfulness to the whole enterprise. Ted Cruz is worse: The only thing scarier than Trump winning the nomination is him losing it 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z And this was said not with resentment or self pity but a kind of pride and wistfulness. In Celebration of Modest Christmases Past 2015-12-25T05:00:00Z Maybe wistfulness is simply not an emotion Athill would ever permit herself to feel or acknowledge. Diana Athill: ‘I expected to be shattered at the loss of my baby, and I wasn't' 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z "I spend more than 10 hours a day here, sitting among my works and reproductions," he said with a sense of wistfulness. A treasure trove of 'ancient' archaeology tucked away in Gaza 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z Across the country Friday, Chinese were processing the momentous decision with a mixture of reserved satisfaction, wistfulness and skepticism. Many Chinese cautious but positive about change in one-child policy 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z “Sixteen weeks is wonderful, that would be terrific,” said Sonya Shaw, 51, with a look of wistfulness. D.C.’s amazing paid family leave proposal: Generous and long overdue 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z “Those were colorful days, I will say that,” he sighs without a speck of wistfulness. A man for all TV seasons: Fred Silverman ran all 3 networks 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z The effect should be electric, but it's softened by excessive wistfulness. 'Ten Thousand Saints' lacks a center as it recalls '80s 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Nobody in this album's target demo will feel much more than a warm sense of relief upon listening to it, or perhaps a slight wistfulness at how much everything has changed since 2002. On Payola, Desaparecidos still have a lot to be angry about 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z So I look at the shoes strewn across my front hallway and the pile of dirty dishes in her room and try to leaven my exasperation with wistfulness. Why Beau Biden’s death felt so gut-wrenching to so many 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z The rising payouts were received with a touch of wistfulness by one retired player. Break Serve? For Most Players, It’s a Struggle to Break Even 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z There was an air of wistfulness among many onlookers. Paris Bridge’s Locks of Love Are Taken Down 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z McAdams and Cooper also have wonderful chemistry and a deeply felt wistfulness over their romantic past. Review: Say goodbye, not hello, to Cameron Crowe’s ‘Aloha’ 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z But her wistfulness for a time when people put down their swords and cut deals also contains an implicit contrast to President Obama, who is often criticized a lack of bridge-building on Capitol Hill. Today in Politics: With Talk of Building Ties, Clinton Draws Subtle Contrast With Obama 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z Some of the poems done when a ship is at its homeport show a certain wistfulness at standing watch on New Year's Eve while other people are ashore frolicking. Strength from the sea; poetry, too 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z He manages to steer away from simple, sticky-sweetness and stabs at an aching wistfulness, aided by gloomy, evocative lighting by Christopher Akerlind. Review: Sting’s ‘The Last Ship’ is thrilling stuff 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z While the story itself may not be layered, the show is a mix of ballet, opera, jazz and musical-theater styles, as well as silliness and wistfulness. Review: ‘On the Town’ is a helluva revival 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Even if there's a bit of wistfulness in his voice when he talks about the relocation, Weiss is excited about the move. L.A. watchmaker Cameron Weiss thinks his time has come Afterward, he reflected on imperial behavior then and now, a certain wistfulness in his voice. ‘When the Greeks Ruled Egypt’ Highlights the Diversity of Cultures in Ptolemaic Egypt 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z So the fact that he appeared on uplink probably accounts for the only sense of wistfulness and regret in his eyes as he called for lots of war stuff. Welcome back to Iraq fear-mongering, brought to you by John McCain and Co 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z There are buckets of wistfulness in voice when he answers. Duncan Smith: Ready to sail into sunset? 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z There are advertising campaigns for food, music, toys, alcohol and films that depend upon evoking a "wistfulness for the past". Nostalgia 'makes people spend money' 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Obama’s running public commentary about his daughters sometimes displays a wistfulness that his time with them is racing by as fast as his presidency. For Obama, Protectiveness About Daughters Gives Way to Pride 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z The public wistfulness for that lost political spirit was evident last month with the death of Adolfo Suárez, the prime minister who guided the country in those early years. Facing His Torturer as Spain Confronts Its Past 2014-04-07T02:11:55Z UK sales of paper maps slumped by 25% between 2005 and 2012, according to the Ordnance Survey, but it's not just wistfulness that provokes a twinge of nostalgia for the format. The lost era of the A-Z map 2014-02-24T10:53:16Z In a news conference earlier in the day, the creative director of the ceremony, Konstantin Ernst, described the emotion to be expressed in the event as "optimistic wistfulness." Closing Time at the Olympics 2014-02-23T19:46:48Z Adams is comfortable in his role, even if his return to Chicago carries some wistfulness. 'Disparaging remark' led to Adams' ouster 2014-01-02T04:14:00Z And while this last one focuses on that only in its final minutes, it does so with a kind of grace and wistfulness that took me aback. The Surprisingly Beautiful Ending Of 'Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag' 2013-12-10T21:23:00Z Johnson staves off sentiment and resists wistfulness, and so the pinch of sadness he felt surprised him. Washington Nationals fall to Miami Marlins, 4-2, as playoff hopes take a blow 2013-09-22T20:45:00Z Perhaps others will see more wistfulness and affection there than I did, but she depicts a New York that is free and anarchic but also decidedly grim. City Room: A Live Conversation About ‘Just Kids’ by Patti Smith 2013-06-24T19:06:13Z "I was in Japan recently and it was amazing, it was a throwback to 10 years ago," said Dore with a hint of wistfulness. Kim unable to lift sagging interest at worlds 2013-03-15T18:49:55Z All of this is said with only very little of the inclination toward dissembling that wistfulness enables. Big City: New Generation Confronts Unaffordable Luxury of Food 2013-01-12T04:49:17Z But she echoes the wistfulness of many families in the Northeast who welcome a respite from the bleakness of mid-winter. As Sandy Steals Spring Break, Businesses Worry 2012-11-26T10:51:22Z Ridley's observations are sprinkled with humour but he also writes with a wistfulness for a more innocent, pre-Premier League age. There's a Golden Sky by Ian Ridley – review 2012-08-11T23:05:02Z There is no wistfulness but, rather, a sense that she is gathering herself for one last epic tilt at an Olympic medal. London 2012: I thought my Olympic dream was over, says Beth Tweddle 2012-07-02T22:00:01Z This perhaps receives greater visual expression in New York, where hipster fashion embeds a continued wistfulness for early life. Big City: Offspring Who Cling to the Nest 2012-06-23T14:30:41Z "The wistfulness is really building up and I'm facing the possibility I might never see Sydney again." is broadcast on Saturday 23 June at 20:00 BST on BBC Radio 4. Clive James 'getting near end' 2012-06-21T11:29:43Z "You made him tell you what he said to me?" and the brown eyes momentarily lost their wistfulness in a whirl of surprise and maidenly dismay. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z A few years later the face is grown thinner and sadder, full of thought and a gentle wistfulness, as though he had found the world too hard for his understanding. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z The word embraces nostalgia, wistfulness and a yearning for what is lost, evanescent and perhaps unattainable. Antonio Tabucchi, Elegiac Italian Writer, Dies at 68 2012-04-05T01:55:33Z In its stead was a wistfulness, a certain restlessness, which, though it saddened, yet certainly infused a fresh interest. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z They have something of our wistfulness and something also of that attainment toward which we strive. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z With the return of his old, petulant, irritating manner, the wistfulness slipped from her and a little show of independence, of resentment, came over the woman. Bruce of the Circle A 2012-03-06T03:00:27.120Z There was a wistfulness which he could not quite repress in his voice, and Ormsgill nodded sympathetically. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z In the overwhelming sadness of victory, in the poignant wistfulness of triumph, she had regained her pride. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z Then, balancing the dirk, he looked on it with affectionate wistfulness, and, collecting his thoughts, hearkened musingly to the increasing turmoil. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Then she looked at him for a moment; a smile of sad wistfulness came on her lips. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z Much of bright serene content, much of reverend grace, much of misty and soft charm with a note of wistfulness, almost of melancholy, England may show through the summer, the autumn, and the winter. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z "Never!" she repeated, and then, as an unreasoned wistfulness shot through her, she whispered: "It never will end, will it, Jim?" Running Sands 2012-02-05T03:00:08.983Z For myself," he continued, his voice softening with a great wistfulness, "it was something very different from the stains of your journey that gave me pause. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z "And yet," said Robert Daventry with a wistfulness in his voice which almost weakened her into a consent against which her judgment no less than her inclinations fought. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z I am very sorry"--and again the wistfulness became very audible--"for, as I say, I have a good name; amongst both officers and men I have a good name. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z "You see, Mr. Buckler," she explained, "I live amongst the hills," and there was a certain wistfulness in her tone as of one home-sick. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z Some contract lamas are perhaps thinking, with some wistfulness, of the central government’s pledge to “reconstruct’’ Sikkim with a special focus on its monasteries. India Ink: Rattled Heritage: Sikkim's Monasteries after the Quake 2012-01-23T06:53:56Z He stood looking down upon her with a curious wistfulness in his face, and Grace afterwards tried to believe that it was by accident she dropped her glove just then. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z And a greater emphasis crept into her voice than she had meant to use, and gave to her words the wistfulness of an appeal. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z "Better now," he said slowly, opening his sunken eyes and looking at Christina with a smile that gave his face a pathetic wistfulness. Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z But Tavia did not seem to notice the clumsiness, a lovely light leaped to her clear brown eyes, and the wistfulness of a moment before vanished as she laughed. Dorothy Dale in the City 2012-01-13T03:00:12.213Z The corners of her lips drooped in wistfulness. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z An idiotic wistfulness marked the blond vacuity of his face. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z But Cynthia would not respond to it; and he sat at her side with a wistfulness in his voice and his words against which she had a little trouble to protect her heart. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z "I have no people," the girl answered, an unconscious wistfulness in her eyes that appealed to Lady Cicely's kind heart. Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z “Vanilla would be much better than no ice cream at all,” he said with no hint of wistfulness, or maybe just a tiny bit. Iowa Caucus Voters Lack Enthusiasm 2012-01-02T02:27:17Z There was a world of wistfulness in her voice. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z And one progressed from this contact toward a wistfulness, a gentle shyness and finally an exchange of confidences and personal talk. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z The hesitation, the gentle wistfulness with which he had spoken of his son struck home at her. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z The melting wistfulness in the Bride’s liquid eyes seemed to penetrate through that darkening east window into far-away worlds; and the choir-boy sang: ‘Far away, far away would I rove!’ A Bride from the Bush 2011-12-24T03:08:05.053Z Everything took on a wistfulness in the evening air, which the sunset was tincturing like claret poured into water. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z “No, sister, we mustn’t spoil him,” would be the reply with like wistfulness. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z And he speaks of the Adirondack landscape with a certain wistfulness, waxing lyrical about conifers and sedges, long vistas and light on water, “peacefulness and oldness.” Fearing Climate Change?s Effects on the Adirondacks 2011-12-02T04:18:15Z They were sitting very close together; she looked at him with almost comic wistfulness as she added, "A week-end honeymoon will be rather a comedown, won't it?" A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z Listening to coaches Tuesday on the weekly Pac-12 conference call, you could almost sense some wistfulness that most of them don't get to see the Oregon-Stanford meeting. Oregon-Stanford matchup will be won on the ground 2011-11-09T02:48:06Z Whoever looks back with genial wistfulness upon his own early days, and enjoys renewing them in the playthings of his fancy, can hardly be without a vein of quiet refinement. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z All tender human homes must hide Some wistfulness beneath their pride: Compassionate and humble grow Our hearts to-night. Chimneysmoke 2011-10-27T02:00:25.953Z "I cannot understand you, Judith," said her friend, with the pale, gentle face full of a tender wistfulness and anxiety. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z She stood looking at him with a great wistfulness, but he made no sign. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z He had made no claim to recognition, but his face had not been quite expressionless, and she had seen the wistfulness in it. A Damaged Reputation 2011-10-17T02:00:16.117Z Coburn graduates speak with “with a little tinge of pride” about her, Mr. Gradel said, and perhaps a hint of wistfulness that she does not do more to advertise her time here. Bachmann?s Years at Oral Roberts University 2011-10-13T16:38:34Z He watched her silently for a minute, his face grave with wistfulness. The Enchanted Barn 2011-10-13T02:00:50.933Z "You never let me talk to you alone, Mavis, and" she finished with a funny little undercurrent of wistfulness in her pretty voice, "I have no friends my own age—women friends, I mean." Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z The night bird was eyeing him with a curious wistfulness. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z "I wish you'd trust me," said Kennedy with a hint of wistfulness. Sentiment, Inc. 2011-10-09T02:00:23.850Z He remembered how her blue eyes had looked into his with sweet wistfulness and how the tears dimmed them when she told him of the fears that had beset her. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Then the surprise in her eyes faded vaguely into wistfulness, and into something almost tender as she gazed at his bowed head. Quick Action 2011-09-26T02:00:28.347Z Evie had received the news of my approaching introduction to exalted personages with a certain wistfulness, which she had tried to cover with an extreme brightness of manner. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z And then, with intense eagerness and a ring of wistfulness in his voice that brought tears to his wife's eyes, he bent towards her. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z "I wish you'd trust me," said Kennedy with a hint of wistfulness. Sentiment, Inc. 2011-10-09T02:00:23.850Z The pathos, and the wistfulness of them wrung his heart. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z In this she was not altogether successful, but, at any rate, she managed to obliterate from her memory Pat’s query and the general wistfulness of his letter. Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z No denying it was beautiful, with the oak-slopes and the wistfulness and the far-off feeling of loneliness and evening. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z There had fallen a twilight which was a wistfulness of the earth. The Return of the Soldier 2011-08-26T02:00:23.937Z "I wish you'd trust me," said Kennedy with a hint of wistfulness. Sentiment, Inc. 2011-10-09T02:00:23.850Z The blue eyes of Lady Rose were fixed on him with such shrinking wistfulness that he changed the form of his speech. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z Sylvia smiled with a shy wistfulness he had not seen on her face before. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z Yet the smile had a touch of wistfulness too. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z Ma-nee gazed into the faces of the two children with a wild, tragic wistfulness. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z There may have been a touch of wistfulness behind that last line because Hanagan's progress has stuttered this summer. Silvestre de Sousa takes lead in jockeys' title race for first time 2011-08-02T20:03:16Z There seemed such a wistfulness in the eyes turned to the window. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z "I do not approve of it, but know I cannot dissuade you," he said, with a certain pride as well as wistfulness in the glance he cast upon his son. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z The sad expression in her face changed into one of wistfulness. Cynthia Wakeham's Money 2011-07-18T02:00:24.717Z “No wonder ‘Dandy Wayne’ is so proud of his men,” sighed the youth with a certain wistfulness in his voice. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z “Sir,” said Peggy with a certain wistfulness in her voice caused by the knowledge of the news she bore, “before thee takes the letters I should like to tell thee how I came by them.” Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z When she turned to her companion, however, there was a lingering wistfulness in her smile. By Right of Purchase 2011-07-14T02:00:10.167Z All through the centuries the wraith has survived in literature, has flitted pallidly across the pages of poetry, story and play, with a sad wistfulness, a forlorn dignity. The Best Psychic Stories 2011-07-13T02:00:21.943Z "Very well," he rejoined, with some wistfulness, and turned with his usual impetuosity towards the door. Cynthia Wakeham's Money 2011-07-18T02:00:24.717Z Susan watched him, shading her eyes with her hand that he might not raise his head suddenly and read their wistfulness. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z The lips were full and fluted, and the chin marked with an exquisite dimple that gave a childlike wistfulness to a face that without it might have suggested too much strength. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z There was a trace of wistfulness in her voice that jarred upon the listener, and the colour rose in his face. By Right of Purchase 2011-07-14T02:00:10.167Z More evident is the wistfulness of age in this spartan production. Mozart’s ‘Magic Flute’ Recast As Grim Fairy Tale: Jeremy Gerard 2011-07-07T02:21:43Z Her face paled and her hand trembled slightly as she caught sight of the well-known writing, and there was a terrible air of wistfulness in her eyes. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z I couldn't stand the dumb wistfulness in her face. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z She asked the question with a strained wistfulness that startled the boy. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z But a very close observer might have detected a kind of latent wistfulness beneath the brilliant, lively manner, and only then if he had specially looked for it. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z The girl looked at him with a wistfulness that was pitiful. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z There, as he said good-bye to her, this little young officer added, with a wistfulness: "But I would give anything to!" The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z "Barnaby asked you to be kind to me?" repeated Susan; she could not keep the wistfulness out of her voice; she had been thinking herself so utterly forgotten. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z Every feature was stirred with exultant wistfulness, and her eyes never moved from a certain window of the church from which the inner shutters had been folded back. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z Now he understood the cause of her gentle tears—of her clinging wistfulness, of her sweet and humble timidity; he comprehended all, and covered his eyes with a remorseful moan. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z Even amid his ill-ease he could not but note how the girlish loveliness had ripened and warmed, yet without forfeiting anything of that quaint appealing wistfulness which made her charm unique. The Secret of Lonesome Cove 2011-06-07T02:00:12.563Z A pensive wistfulness lay in her brown eyes as she gazed dreamily out at the beauty of the sunlit morning. Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z There was a note of wistfulness in the musical cadences of her voice. The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service 2011-05-28T02:00:24.557Z Betty had completely forgotten her unopened letters; she was thinking of something entirely different, and her gray eyes were not free from a certain wistfulness as she looked around the familiar landscape. The Camp Fire Girls' Careers 2011-05-27T02:00:15.330Z He stared at the moonlit night, his eyes full of a wistfulness that was extraordinarily boyish in a man on the wrong side of forty. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z Across her face passed the look of fairy wistfulness that was all her own. The Secret of Lonesome Cove 2011-06-07T02:00:12.563Z They are fine, keen eyes, set high under the brows, wide apart, and they seem to express shrewdness, kindliness, humor, and a distinct wistfulness. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z Ah!' cried the girl, with a sad wistfulness coming into her eyes, 'when I see him I do not need to remind myself of his goodness and love—I can feel it then. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z “Well, it must be worth any amount of hard work and unhappiness to be so popular and famous,” Mollie murmured, glancing with heartfelt admiration and yet with a little wistfulness at her twin sister. The Camp Fire Girls' Careers 2011-05-27T02:00:15.330Z The girl’s anger seemed to melt away, and left her face pale again, while it was with a curious wistfulness she answered him. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z She sat down near him, but not too near, and began in a soft hesitant voice to repeat a poem which was full of feminine sadness and wistfulness. Rose of Dutcher's Coolly 2011-04-10T02:00:07.273Z Always gentle to the gentle Ir�a, to-day his voice carried an added tenderness which stirred her to vague unrest and wistfulness. The Game and the Candle 2011-04-03T02:00:16.907Z This was the case one chill, sunless afternoon, when he found her standing by the window looking out over the fells, with a sad wistfulness that went to his heart. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z She spoke more gently, even with a touch of wistfulness. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z Tony looked down on her gravely, with a curious wistfulness in his eyes, and then, before she quite grasped his intentions, laid his hands on her shoulders and kissed her cheeks. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z There was an inexpressible wistfulness about her soft, dark eyes; the light and charming gaiety of her manner, so un-English and so attractive to him, had given place to quite another mood. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z Even had he been looking at her he might hardly have interpreted, with his blunt perceptions, the dewy wistfulness of the eyes which she bent upon him. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z Here was infancy, nude and needy, reaching out its dirty little hands; and second childhood bent and tottering, with palsied palm extended, eying you with all the mute wistfulness of a starved spaniel. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z He was an adaptable, sociable person, and with all his eccentricities and absurdities, had a certain air of wistfulness that touched Mrs. Lambert. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z Those brief mentions of the shoes she'd never be able to wear again are the sole expression of any sort of wistfulness about what her life might have been. Martine Wright: 7/7, survival ? and a whole new life of opportunities 2011-03-20T00:07:01Z There was a certain wistfulness in her regard of him. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z He did so without difficulty, and laid her down carefully upon the sofa in her room, looking with a wistfulness almost pitiful, had she seen it, upon her sick, averted face. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z The fact was he wanted to be left alone, to think over the strange adventures in the forest, to dwell with unceasing wistfulness on the beautiful face and sweet, musical voice. Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir 2011-03-11T03:00:14.423Z But under it all was a sense of unspeakable sadness that filled the hearts of the newcomers with a strange wistfulness of pity and admiration. Joscelyn Cheshire A Story of Revolutionary Days in the Carolinas 2011-03-10T03:00:48.177Z "Do you pretend you don't recognize me?" she asked, turning her big blue eyes on me with a pathetic wistfulness. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z She looked at him with a certain tremulous wistfulness in her eyes, and with softening face. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z "You like it?" he asked, trying to mask his eager wistfulness. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z His simple, pale blue eyes had a wistfulness which made her feel towards him as she felt towards her doll when she happened to find it lying neglected on the floor. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z “Don’t say you dislike it, Alfred,” said Regina, with pathetic wistfulness. The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z Age seemed to pass, although something of the helpless wistfulness remained. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z She did not smile; silently, gravely, she turned her dark eyes on his face; her own face was lovelier than ever in its wistfulness, and her dark eyes softer than ever in their unconscious appeal. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z "We'd prefer it," Pansy echoed, a note of wistfulness in her calm voice. What Not A Prophetic Comedy 2011-02-09T03:00:50.423Z His eye had the meek wistfulness of Holman Hunt's 'Scapegoat.' Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z A rapt wistfulness came to the girl's face. The Road to Understanding 2011-01-29T03:00:20.840Z There was a touch of wistfulness in her friend’s jocular words; and Muriel had seen enough of their married life to be understanding. Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z The wistfulness of her few sad speeches to him had passed away. The Golden Web 2011-01-15T03:00:38.007Z There was the slightest shade of wistfulness in Violet's gentleness. Consequences 2011-01-14T03:00:53.047Z In Michaelangelo, Tieck knows the strength of the drawing and not the wistfulness that pervades even the most Titanic of the master's creations. Tieck's Essay on the Boydell Shakspere Gallery 2011-01-14T03:00:49.540Z At the same time there was a nervous wistfulness that was almost an appeal. The Road to Understanding 2011-01-29T03:00:20.840Z That was perhaps why she listened so patiently, and it was to this recognition of my candid regard I attribute the look of wistfulness which crept over her features when I ceased. One of My Sons 2010-12-21T22:55:57.893Z There was wistfulness in her grey eyes as they went out before her, wistfulness and heartache. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z Redknapp's comments were tinged with a certain wistfulness but, then again, it is easy to dream when you are about to play the European champions. Internazionale is the ideal stage for Spurs, says Harry Redknapp 2010-10-19T21:29:00Z The wistfulness, however revisionist, for Mr. Clinton’s presidency raises interesting questions about how Mr. Obama would manage his legislative and political agenda should the Republicans take back the House next month. Political Memo: Some in G.O.P. Find Soft Spot for Bill Clinton 2010-10-08T02:28:00Z “We don’t shop anywhere where they carry White Rose anymore,” she said, a note of wistfulness in her voice. On Bronx Stoops, a Highway Hell Entertains 2010-04-02T01:27:00Z I get a year's supply of wistfulness from the Chief Rabbi without even filling in the order form. 'Tis the season 2010-03-19T18:03:00Z The sweetly curved lips drooped in an ineffable wistfulness and the smooth throat worked spasmodically, while the hands went up and covered the face. The Law of Hemlock Mountain There was an unconscious wistfulness in Camilla Lancing's eyes that waked a strong rush of tenderness and protective affection in Caroline's heart whenever she looked into them. Capricious Caroline "Did the good fairies bring you, Gay?" he asked, giving her the pet name of long years ago, with a wistfulness she did not fail to note. A Blot on the Scutcheon The wistfulness which shone in her eyes, the wasted cheeks, the pallor of her once beautiful complexion, seemed in a sense to have spiritualized her. To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 That wistfulness meant "How much lovelier it would be if the Honourable Jim Burke had been the one to pay me that compliment about being the queen of the home!" Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune There was wistfulness in her smile, but through her feebleness her resolution stood fast and the movement of her head was meant for a shake of refusal. The Law of Hemlock Mountain Her clear eyes dilated, her whole face quivered, and for an instant a shadow of vague wistfulness crossed her fear. The Unknown Sea At her coming, Louis looks up with a sigh of poignant wistfulness, evidently a habit; for as he leans back to watch her he sighs again. One-Act Plays By Modern Authors “Elizabeth could,” Mary Sutherland replied quietly, but with a certain wistfulness. Dolly's College Experiences "Well, yes, it would for a very long time," replied the Prince, in a tone of such wistfulness as for the moment made him seem middle-aged. Sinister Street, vol. 2 “No,” she said, and her lips twisted into something like wistfulness as she dropped unconsciously into vernacular. The Law of Hemlock Mountain Yet, in spite of her merry chatter, there was an undertone of tender wistfulness that set his heart to beating. The Master's Violin He was smiling now, with just a touch of wistfulness in his eyes. A Bed of Roses He wondered whether he was a conceited fool for imagining in Gwendolen a dwelling tenderness, a brooding touch, indeed, of reminiscent wistfulness. The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece His gray-blue eyes, which only his dead mother had ever found handsome, scanned with a certain wistfulness Dickson's graceful, athletic figure and clean, dark profile. Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play Always after such an excursion we saw other couples who had been watching in lonely wistfulness, now made happy by a chance to join the throng. The Social Gangster We are not to become good, or desirous of goodness, in order that God may requite with affection our virtues or our wistfulness. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus Sometimes she would take his face between her hands, look awhile into the blue eyes where there always lurked some wistfulness, and then kiss him just once and quickly, without knowing why. A Bed of Roses Many of them indeed, have a touch, or more than a touch, of wistfulness, for the poet knows well that sorrow lurks under all joy, deep and well hidden though it may be. Later Poems She looked up with sudden wistfulness that made her smile piteous. Lost Man's Lane A Second Episode in the Life of Amelia Butterworth "Is it anything serious?" asked his daughter, coming into the parlor and looking up into his face with a strange wistfulness he could not fail to remark. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life There was a wistfulness about her brave indifference. Carnival “You are Uncle Ben, aren’t you?” with a trace of wistfulness in her voice. A Daughter of the Union He was still apprehensive, but his boy's eyes were full of delight, amusement, curiosity, and, more than all, of a wistfulness like that of a dumb creature. Ewing\\'s Lady On Dorothea’s face was written love and admiration, touched with the wistfulness of the exile. An Unknown Lover He looked at them with strange wistfulness and involuntarily his hand rose to her head, smoothing her locks with fatherly touches. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life The last remnant of beauty died out of Flora’s face; Sterne’s dark hair was streaked with grey, Mend’s features were fined to a delicate sharpness; her eyes had the pathetic wistfulness of a dumb animal. What a Man Wills Now he saw himself, rough, middle-aged, rapidly turning grey, and secretly he laughed; but it was a laugh not altogether free from wistfulness. Harley Greenoak's Charge His own voice was low and eager, with its undernote of wistfulness. Ewing\\'s Lady And when the young couple drove away in the bright, shining new rig behind the handsome bays, Mrs. Bubble watched after them with something almost like wistfulness. Young Wallingford Jacob fingered with tentative wistfulness the very choice rose which he was wearing in his buttonhole. Jacob's Ladder Heathcote watched them for a moment, and then looked at his nurse with silent wistfulness. Anne Was there a touch of wistfulness in the words, in the tone as she gazed? The Triumph of Hilary Blachland His eyes lighted with a kind of furtive wistfulness, as if he would not have her wholly fathom his longing. Ewing\\'s Lady Hildegarde looked down at her mother, as she sat in her low chair by the fire; she spoke playfully, but with an undertone of wistfulness. Hildegarde's Harvest Ruth considered with a tortured wistfulness—the thing to do now was to go through with it. Fidelity A Novel There was an unmistakable wistfulness in Undine's tone, and Miss Graham was touched. The Girl from Arizona A few minutes before, he had been stirred to an elusive and incomprehensible wistfulness which had been, in some way, connected with the aliens. Fair and Warmer And still more was he moved by the letter of Sir Gawaine, with its pitiful self-reproach and earnest wistfulness. Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Their childish longing betrayed itself in the unwonted way their hands clung together, in the wistfulness of their faces. Happy House There was a real wistfulness in his desire to take her into what to him were things real and important. Fidelity A Novel The wistfulness of his tone, of his looks, would have softened any heart that was not hard as stone. A Life Sentence A Novel Then she went out rather abstractedly, McVey's eyes following her with the wistfulness of a dog's. The Song of the Wolf Then came the memory of her momentary wistfulness; her craving for something more than life had given her, or something different. The Portal of Dreams She asked, with 102 a breath of wistfulness, if he could manage a touch of affection for her? The Bright Shawl "I've not been very good for your life, have I, Deane?" she said, more lightly, but her voice touched with wistfulness. Fidelity A Novel A cricket, finitude's incarnate cry, And the infinite waters with their hushless sigh Are the two sounds The night has: Each in eternal wistfulness abounds. Sea Poems But he evaded their wistfulness and a certain doggedness gloomed in his own. The Song of the Wolf But the deep wistfulness of her face and the troubled rise and fall of her bosom with breathing that was akin to a sigh filled me with wonder. The Portal of Dreams “Do you really think I’m going to get well, Mary Ann?” she asked, and the wistfulness of old desire revived was in the feeble voice. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 Again women entered his life—never believe otherwise—drawn, perhaps, by a certain wistfulness and loneliness in Eugene, who though quieted by tragedy for a little while was once more moving in the world. The "Genius" The voice was low, there was no note even of wistfulness, it was merely the question. The House of Fulfilment He stood by my side, pale and passionate, with his clear eyes full of a strange wistfulness. A Monk of Cruta I meant," she said slowly, as her eyes clouded again with that wistfulness which had a few moments before cost me my self-control, "that civilized women lead even narrower lives than civilized men. The Portal of Dreams Her hair was curly and golden, but her eyes were dark like her mother's, and the lids drooped over them in that manner which gives a peculiar expression of dreamy wistfulness. The Pearl of Orr's Island A Story of the Coast of Maine Bangs smiled at her with the odd wistfulness his smile always took on when he spoke to Barbara. The Girl in the Mirror She looked at him in a most moving wistfulness, and added: "I got scared." Old Crow "You may hear the little romance if you like," the girl said, a faint wistfulness in her 128 sweet voice. The House by the Lock There was a vagrant hint of wistfulness in the tone of the question. The Portal of Dreams She paused a moment to gaze at the sky, the sun-bathed campanile, with a wistfulness not unfamiliar to her companion, and which she attributed to an imaginative childhood. Stories by American Authors, Volume 7 They were full of a wistfulness which she could not understand: she felt that something remote had crept into them, some aloofness for which she could not account. Brooke's Daughter A Novel And, as he pondered, yearning dumbly, as only these little souls can yearn, the wistfulness in his heart went out to meet the moonlight in the air. Jimbo A Fantasy Peggy’s glance met Sally’s, and her own wistfulness was reflected in Sally’s eyes. Peggy Owen and Liberty I have seen mastiffs with eyes full of wistfulness because Nature has denied their affectionate temperaments the gentle lives of lap dogs. The Portal of Dreams He did as commanded, and she looked at him with something like wistfulness in her great eyes. Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist And a little wistfulness began to float across Chatty's gentle mind, and little thrills of curiosity to go through it. A Country Gentleman and his Family But in her brown eyes the other’s softness and wistfulness gave place to a keener, more flashing look that told of a high and soaring spirit. The Fate of Felix Brand In Lucy's there was a kind of awe, in Bice's a sort of wondering wistfulness mingled with incipient defiance. Sir Tom Miss Aline Des Anges was a slim girl, not very tall, with great dark eyes that followed some people with a patient wistfulness. The Story of a New York House There was an unconscious note of wistfulness in her tones. Anything Once “I know just how it feels,” said he, looking again toward the window with pathetic wistfulness, the hunger of old longings in his eyes. The Bondboy She saw in it wistfulness and loneliness and felt behind it the persistent heart-hunger of the grown man for the mother in woman, for maternal understanding and solicitude and affection. The Fate of Felix Brand “Friends,” she repeated with a certain wistfulness in her tone. Berenice A great wistfulness came into my soul, as I stood shut apart there from those living men, within reach of their hands, within range of their eyes, within the vibration of their human breath. 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