Definition of Wistful

sad and reflective

Examples of Wistful in a sentence

When I visit my mother’s grave, I feel wistful.  🔊

I became wistful when I saw my ex-boyfriend with his new love.  🔊

At the end of the dramatic movie, the wistful audience sat in silence as they all pondered the tragedy they had just witnessed.  🔊

Listening to the sorrows of the blues music always puts Dean in a wistful mood.  🔊

Because Jane is one of my best friends, I can always tell when she is wistful and thinking about her troubled childhood.  🔊

Even though Jimmy is leaving the company for a better job, he is still wistful about saying goodbye to his coworkers.  🔊

The wistful song on the radio makes me think of my dead husband.  🔊

As Henry looked at his old school, he could not help but be wistful as he thought about all the friends he had lost over the years.  🔊

When my grandmother is feeling wistful, she likes to talk about her years as a teenage girl.  🔊

At the end of the school year, many teenagers are wistful as they contemplate a summer of not seeing their best friends every day.  🔊

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