hanker after

Example Sentences

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Even if he does still hanker after a prominent political role, he will almost certainly be barred from getting one.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Intelligence officials have repeatedly made clear they hanker after the same generative AI tools that promise to revolutionize swaths of business and modernize economies.

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2024

As people increasingly identify with more than one locality, so they begin to hanker after more than one resting place.

From Economist • Apr. 12, 2018

Others yet might hanker after the secluded fringes of the beach, perhaps sheltered by natural promontories of rock that keep the biting wind at bay.

From Scientific American • Jun. 23, 2017

I don't hanker after college," said Lottie, "but I just love tennis above everything, and I'd like to be county champion.

From The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life by Brazil, Angela