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~ meaning: To have an earnest, heartfelt desire, especially for something beyond reach.

[Middle English longen, from Old English langian; see del-1 in Indo-European roots.]

~ sentence: i longed for my prince to come and save me.

~sentence: The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird sings of freedom.

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