Nammalvar self-identifies as a lovelorn "gopi" pining for Krishna. "Mooning" is also defined as "wandering idly" and "romantically pining". He spends his days pining for Amaranta, the object of his obsession. McQuade angrily tells Julie that she is still pining for Vance and she leaves him. Caryn Ganz from "Rolling Stone" believed the song has a "melancholy pining". Desperate for extra money to fund his search for Pining, Noel takes on risky jobs. He described it as "pining in decay and struggling for life". Saadiq's songwriting is characterized by straightforward romanticism, positive exhortations, pining ballads, and message songs. Ray is constantly pining for Sprint to no avail. The bird, silent and pining for its lost freedom, eventually dies. A sense of paralyzing ambiguity predominates, punctuated by pining. More and more my heart is pining for that monastery in the Charnwood Forest. Similarly Carter and Corriea thought the game was essential, but were left pining for more. At school, Pete pushes Luther into Petra, a girl who he's been pining for. Homer, for example, is portrayed as pining for Penelope.