pine away Sentence Examples
- The lonely widower pined away for his beloved wife, his heart heavy with longing.
- The child's health deteriorated as she pined away for the father she had never met.
- The expatriate pined away for the familiar sights and sounds of her homeland.
- The injured bird lay helpless, pining away for its lost freedom.
- The once-vibrant city had now become a ghost town, its inhabitants having pined away due to war and famine.
- The heartbroken lover pined away for their lost love, their every thought consumed by their absence.
- The abandoned dog pined away in the shelter, its mournful eyes pleading for a home.
- The aging woman pined away in her nursing home, reminiscing about the days when she was young and full of life.
- The soldier pined away for the comforts of home, his spirit broken by the horrors of war.
- The poet pined away for inspiration, the words forever eluding his grasp.
pine away Meaning
Wordnet
pine away (v)
lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
Synonyms & Antonyms of pine away
FAQs About the word pine away
lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
long (for), torment, agonize, torture, hurt, suffer, sigh, anguish, rack, grieve
cheer, delight, glory,beam, joy, rejoice, triumph, triumph, joy, cheer
The lonely widower pined away for his beloved wife, his heart heavy with longing.
The child's health deteriorated as she pined away for the father she had never met.
The expatriate pined away for the familiar sights and sounds of her homeland.
The injured bird lay helpless, pining away for its lost freedom.
