And there’s a lot of good, really good and excellent movies to look forward to this year and next, including Alexander Payne’s wistful, nuanced comedy “.”

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/15/movies/toronto-international-film-festival-highlights.html

Asked what priority shopping was this year, “the gnome!” was the wistful response.

Source: https://www.postandcourier.com/aikenstandard/sports/golf/for-many-masters-patrons-its-about-the-merch-and-the-gnome/article_9077de0a-d0bd-11ed-87b7-e7cd2baa6be1.html

As the clock struck midnight, the sky swallowed the wistful days of summer’s rays, leaving behind melted ice cream drips and spontaneous road trips, impatiently awaiting their turn to conquer the dog days.

Source: https://the-peak.ca/2023/07/summer-just-started-and-its-practically-over/

At the end of her book, she allows herself to get wistful for what might have been: “Imagine the forces of moderate Republicanism buttressed by Friedman’s intellect!”

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/15/books/review/milton-friedman-jennifer-burns.html

But it takes a special artist to do what Whitters has done: Here, she creates a wistful, immersive world, bringing the giddy euphoria of first love to life for even the most jaded listener.

Source: https://tasteofcountry.com/hailey-whitters-im-in-love/

“Do you know that yesterday a man stopped me on the street because he thought I was American?” says Florencia, a character in Patricia Engel’s wistful, understated second collection of stories.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/28/books/review/the-faraway-world-patricia-engel.html

Even now visitors to the Southwest Florida Eagle Cam web site, where cameras watch the eagle family 24/7, bemoan her loss and describe in wistful terms the possibility that she could return.

Source: https://news.wgcu.org/environmental-news/2023-03-29/harriets-eaglets-prepare-to-leave-nest-officially-on-fledge-watch

His Academy Award winning theme for The Last Emperor (1987) is exquisitely placed between wistful and melancholy.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jul/02/kagamiryuichi-sakamoto-and-tin-drum-review-magical-vr-performance-brings-legendary-composer-back-to-life

How much happier I had been a few weeks before, I thought with a wistful chuckle, when I would have grabbed her purse without troubling myself.

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/why-i-have-decided-to-give-up-kidnapping

If anything, it’s a bit wistful about the dissonances between wealth and lack and all the other forces that drive people away from truly close connection with the food they eat.

Source: https://www.pastemagazine.com/tv/netflix/best-food-shows-on-netflix-documentaries-tv-series-chefs/

I thought it looked a little wistful.

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/the-philosopher-who-believes-in-living-things

Lovin' Spoonful frontman John Sebastian had his first and only chart-topping solo hit in 1976 with the wistful "Welcome Back," theme song for the Gabe Kaplan and John Travolta-starring sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter.

Source: https://ksenam.com/ixp/295/p/best-70s-tv-theme-songs/

Riker, however, then noted that he was feeling wistful and that "it's been a long road, getting from there to here."

Source: https://www.slashfilm.com/1345096/strange-new-worlds-those-old-scientists-began-lower-decks-joke/

Selena Gomez looks beautiful and wistful in series of new selfies.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12375481/Selena-Gomez-looks-beautiful-wistful-series-new-selfies-former-BFF-Francia-Raisa-shut-rumor-FORCED-donate-kidney-singer.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Suddenly, Ward sounds very wistful.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/micheal-ward-interview-empire-of-light-top-boy-b2261832.html

That melancholy lifted with bigger, bolder rock numbers (“Burn,” “Primary,” and especially “Shake Dog Shake”) and slower, wistful plaints (“Charlotte Sometimes,” “From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea”).

Source: https://www.dailynews.com/2023/05/24/the-cure-deliver-a-gorgeous-concert-on-the-first-of-three-shows-at-the-hollywood-bowl/

The anime tells a wistful tale of the impermanence of human and android life, and the feelings associated with AI.

Source: https://gamerant.com/saddest-anime-make-you-cry/

The Chinese diplomat also appeared wistful for the tenor of earlier relations, telling his guest that “US policy toward China requires Kissinger-style diplomatic wisdom and Nixon-style political courage.”

Source: https://krdo.com/news/2023/07/19/henry-kissinger-meets-with-chinas-top-diplomat-and-sanctioned-defense-minister-in-beijing/

The sentimental, wistful vibe made it a perfect song to play at weddings.

Source: https://americansongwriter.com/the-meaning-behind-the-carpenters-weve-only-just-begun-which-was-written-to-sell-mortgages-but-became-the-wedding-song-for-a-generation/

Typically, Burton makes films about wistful, death-obsessed outsiders.

Source: https://www.slashfilm.com/1466713/tim-burton-didnt-understand-beetlejuice/