Sample sentences for NOSTALGIA

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Definition

happiness that come with the memory of good times combined with a hint of sadness that those times are over

nostalgic = with a longing for something past

nostalgic = with a longing for something past

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
Peter De Vries
But it isn't mere homesickness or nostalgia that has Laila thinking of Kabul so much these days.
Khaled Hosseini -- A Thousand Splendid Suns

nostalgia = longing for something past

All of this felt particularly sweet in these last days, as the nostalgia that kicks in at the end of any meaningful experience had started to affect us.
Wes Moore -- The Other Wes Moore

nostalgia = longing for something past

Gus said, "I wish we had that swing set sometimes."
My nostalgia is so extreme that I am capable of missing a swing my butt never actually touched.
John Green -- The Fault in Our Stars

nostalgia = longing for something past

Liesel, in the dusty dimness, shrugged off her feelings of nostalgia.
Markus Zusak -- The Book Thief

nostalgia = longing for something past

We sometimes look through our collection nostalgically, the way other families look through old photos.
Nicola Yoon -- Everything, Everything

nostalgically = longing for something past

This was such a perfect friend moment, it made her feel kind of melancholy and nostalgic.
Sara Shepard -- Pretty Little Liars

nostalgic = longing for something past

Older people often looked back nostalgically to the days of the last wali.
Malala Yousafzai -- I Am Malala

nostalgically = longing for something past

She speaks with nostalgia of the years her family had spent in England,
Jhumpa Lahiri -- The Namesake

nostalgia = longing for something past

"Time," Doc said. He put his glasses on. "It's the only antidote for nostalgia. Just give the man time."
Tim O'Brien -- Going After Cacciato

nostalgia = longing for something from the past

But years from now, when you're feeling nostalgic about this summer and yet can't really reminisce because of a lack of documentation, don't blame me.
Sarah Dessen -- Along for the Ride

nostalgic = with a longing for something past

Suddenly I was nostalgic for something I'd never known.
Rick Riordan -- The Lightning Thief

nostalgic = longing for something in the past

"They're not my sheep anymore," he said to himself, without nostalgia.
Paulo Coelho -- The Alchemist

nostalgia = longing for the way things were

Some days in late August at home are like this, the air thin and eager like this, with something in it sad and nostalgic and familiar.
William Faulkner -- The Sound and the Fury

nostalgic = with fond memory of the past

Grover's music kept playing, and Ethan swayed to it, as if the song were filling him with nostalgia—a wish to see a beautiful day, to be anywhere but here.
Rick Riordan -- The Last Olympian

nostalgia = longing for something past

[She sings nostalgically:]
Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim -- Westside Story

nostalgically = with a longing for something past

Now, the truth is, that tape recorder was more than nostalgia.
Mitch Albom -- Tuesdays with Morrie

nostalgia = longing for something in the past

...he found nothing that seemed worthy of his nostalgia.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- Love in the Time of Cholera

nostalgia = sentimental memories

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