Usage of "longed-for"

Greatly desired.

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Ús de longed-for en anglès

You have cut open the golden apple; you have the longed-for portfolio. 
 Frederick the Great and His Court 

They're suited and booted and finally getting their longed-for careers under way. 
 The Irish Times 

At last the longed-for shift of wind came and set us free. 
 The Cruise of the "Cachalot" Round the World After Sperm Whales 

He uttered a triumphant chuckle as he drew out the longed-for vial. 
 The Camp in the Snow; Or, Besieged by Danger 

There, at any rate, the longed-for marvels seemed to be within reach. 
 My Life — Volume 2 

The last years of Huxley's life were indeed the longed-for Indian summer. 
 Autobiography and Selected Essays 

At last he tempted the longed-for question from her shy, smiling lips. 
 McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3, February 1896 

That prison house was his longed-for goal, and he had reached it. 
 The Four Feathers 

Had it been merely the East clamouring for the out-of-reach, longed-for West? 
 Desert Love 

God ordered Abraham to make a burnt offering of his longed-for son. 
 The god delusion 

They had dropped down to rest, when Phil heard a longed-for murmur. 
 Madge Morton's Secret 

Finally the longed-for lull in the storm came, and the voyage was renewed. 
 Klondike Nuggets, and How Two Boys Secured Them 

One day there came the longed-for opportunity; and he seized it. 
 Earth's Enigmas: A Volume of Stories 

Eighty per cent of those questioned about longed-for Christmas presents pointed towards drink. 
 The Irish Times 

But the longed-for return to Pixar greatness seems as far away as ever. 
 The Guardian 

The pipped shell brings the longed-for answer to the gladdened mother-bird. 
 Quiet Talks on John's Gospel 

Significats de longed-for en anglès