hankers for
Example Sentences
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It’s enough to make a reader hanker for a volume devoted to the director’s long working relationship with Head or for a filmography refracted through the actresses he obsessed over and glorified.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
When people in the Niassa Special Reserve of northern Mozambique hanker for something sweet, they don’t call DoorDash or Uber Eats.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 6, 2023
Nearly a month of shelter-in-place orders have forced some to hanker for the sticky floors of cinemas like never before.
From Washington Times • Apr. 14, 2020
If that’s not possible, I go by word of mouth and my own mood — sometimes I just hanker for a book that’s deep and dark; other times I want something droll or topical.
From New York Times • Oct. 11, 2018
Well, she may not hanker for my sympathy, but she has it just the same.
From The Postmaster by Lincoln, Joseph C.
