One night after being serenaded at dinner with a kora, a large string instrument, we grew nostalgic and decided to call our parents.

Scandinavians who remember their grandmothers' cooking may grow nostalgic over lutefisk, especially if they never actually got close to a platter of it.

Adulthood can be wearying, and so some grow nostalgic about childhood dependencies.

Maybe the police officer grew nostalgic, or maybe the art student sold a big painting.

Still others grew nostalgic about the days when Manhattanites were assigned phone numbers that began with words: PEnnsylvania 6-5000.

Some almost seemed to grow nostalgic at the news.

In the last days of his chairmanship, Mr. Lieberman grew nostalgic.

Technophobes and neo-Victorians alarmed by life in a cold electronic age grew nostalgic for the comfort of physical design.

As another generation grows nostalgic for this era, values may increase.

Sometimes they grew nostalgic and spent hours on the phone.