I asked the doctor if I was long for this world
(likely to live a long time)

But it doesn't matter, because Roxie's not long for this town. As soon as her mother's better, she'll be on her way to Paris.

He was the object of my affection; I longed for him to notice me.

Oh how I long for this pandemic to end so we can go dancing again.

“I will stay now, if you bid me,” she replied, as low. “See, I am going to my mother, who longs for me as I for her. I will not go unless you let me.”

For some time he had not heard from his consort[…]His heart longed for her and his child.

He remembered those long years before his marriage, when he had longed for her and she had resisted him[…]

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