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
We traded for some salmon and the la camas cakes, but the crickette cakes we did not hanker after.
From Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound by Denny, Emily Inez
