hanker
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
We do often hanker to leave town on multimonth adventures that break us out of our routines.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
Those communities also hanker for weather radar to track incoming squalls, Way says.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 8, 2023
Designers, pundits and consumers alike hanker for reasons to dress up again — routinely and in public.
From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2022
There is no question about our good intentions in this matter: we all hanker, collectively, to become applied scientists as soon as we can, overnight if possible.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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Matilda
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