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And Betsy grew hot at the mere idea of my hankering after a miller's affairs, as she very rudely expressed it.
EREMAR. D. BLACKMORE
She is also, I should imagine, hankering after the fleshpots.
JACOB'S LADDERE. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM
"I don't know of any one specially that's hankering for railroad-lines round here," said he.
THE RAINY DAY RAILROAD WARHOLMAN DAY
Gave graphic description of his hanging about Holyrood Palace hankering after admission.
I wished at times that the hankering might have been more mutual.
REMARKSBILL NYE
It was a notable trait in his character that he was not addicted to hankering after money.
THE LIFE OF JOHN TAYLORB. H. ROBERTS
We are outsiders and will probably remain so, and have no hankering to pry into family matters.
WHEN EGYPT WENT BROKEHOLMAN DAY
Think I'm hankering about being smashed flatter'n a pancake, do you?
PHIL BRADLEY'S MOUNTAIN BOYSSILAS K. BOONE
But after supper he went out, shaking in every fibre of his frame, and hankering for a dram to quiet his nerves.
LITTLE BOBTAILOLIVER OPTIC
The executive were still sailors, heart and soul, and had no hankering after soldiering and drill ashore.
THE BRITISH NAVY BOOKCYRIL FIELD
WORDS RELATED TO HANKERING
- amore
- ardor
- attachment
- care
- case
- closeness
- concern
- crush
- desire
- devotion
- emotion
- endearment
- feeling
- friendliness
- friendship
- good will
- hankering
- heart
- inclination
- itch
- kindness
- liking
- love
- passion
- predilection
- propensity
- puppy love
- regard
- sentiment
- shine
- soft spot
- solicitude
- tenderness
- warmth
- weakness
- yen
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.