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showing longing or unfulfilled desire
- "Yeah, we were something," she said, a touch of wistfulness entering her voice.Nineteen (57% in)
- He looked almost wistful, and the whole scene suddenly struck Julie as surreal.Twenty-nine (80% in)
- She paused, a wistful smile on her face, her first in what seemed like forever.Forty (41% in)
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