yearning
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Yearning for a kind of abstract stimulation that even she can’t put into words, Camille is transfixed by her beloved chair.
From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026
Yearning, possessiveness, jealousy, deception, self-torture, the impossibility of truly knowing another person — these turn out to be the unhappy and recurrent elements of Proustian love.
From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2022
Yearning to belong, Mr. Morales befriended guys who hung out on the street.
From New York Times • May 13, 2022
On the Verge or The Geography of Yearning Three female explorers from the Victorian Era have a series of adventures in Eric Overmyer’s fantastical tale.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2017
The woman and the man, Life and Life’s Yearning, will come out from inside the ash tree that holds the worlds together.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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