All 12 Uses of
wistful
in
Riders of the Purple Sage
- But it was not these which held her, rather the intensity of his gaze, a strained weariness, a piercing wistfulness of keen, gray sight, as if the man was forever looking for that which he never found.†
Chpt 1wistfulness = full of longing or unfulfilled desire
- Then the flashing changed to a long, thoughtful look, in which there was a wistful, unconscious searching of his face, a look that trembled on the verge of hope and trust.†
Chpt 8 *
- He could not look into her face, meet her steady, unabashed, yet wistful eyes, and think of her as the woman she had confessed herself.†
Chpt 10
- Her eyes were widening, darkening with thought, and whenever they did so the steady, watchful, seeing gaze gave place to the wistful light.†
Chpt 10
- Bess's eyes were still fixed upon him with all her soul bright in that wistful light.†
Chpt 10
- "Things crowd into my mind," she went on, and the wistful light in her eyes told Venters the truth of her thoughts.†
Chpt 13
- Wistfulness of glance deepened into sadness.†
Chpt 13wistfulness = full of longing or unfulfilled desire
- Under their wistful shadow he softened, and in the softening felt himself grow a sadder, a wiser, and a better man.†
Chpt 14
- Furthermore, Bess reverted to a wistful sadness that he had not observed in her since her recovery.†
Chpt 16
- Her wistfulness had deepened into downright unhappiness, and that made his task to tell her all the harder.†
Chpt 16wistfulness = full of longing or unfulfilled desire
- They were shadowing with the old wistful light, but they were as clear as the limpid water of the spring.†
Chpt 18
- The yearning wistfulness of her eyes changed to solemn splendor of joy.†
Chpt 21wistfulness = full of longing or unfulfilled desire
Definition:
showing longing or unfulfilled desire