no. not at all really.
I am longing for you, implies the waiting. you don't need the redundant word waiting..
"I spent a great deal of time longing for my sister after she moved to Chicago."
I was kept waiting by them.
he was being waited by him
it means 'to wait'
The underlined words in the sentence are "friends" and "waiting".
Such a longing for justice leaves us hoping for mercy.
I have an intense longing to return to Hawaii.
the feeling of nostalgia is a longing for the past the feeling of nostalgia is a longing for the past
"I spent a great deal of time longing for my sister after she moved to Chicago."
"No, I was waiting for the right moment and missed my chance," he said with a rueful smile.
I was kept waiting by them.
he was being waited by him
The word 'longing' is a noun form, a gerund, the present participle of the verb to long that functions as a noun.Example: Longing will not get you where you want to go. (subject of the sentence)
My body was waiting, just waiting, to pop like a cork.
A gerund phrase is not considered a sentence. See below: waiting for the bus (a gerund phrase, not a complete sentence) While waiting for the bus, I like to listen to music. (complete sentence)
When you've been longing for something it necessarily means you have been waiting for a long time, when you want something it could mean you've been wanting it for a short period of time or for a long period of time.
Right Here Waiting was created on 1999-12-14.