hankering

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Scanning the enumerated powers of the mayor of New York is like reading a job description for Dumbledore, if Dumbledore had a hankering for civic governance and pinstriped suits.

From Los Angeles Times

On those afternoons when you have a hankering, you don’t have to wait for Z&Z to swing open its door.

From Washington Post

Everyone, at some time or another, no matter where they live or how much they earn, has a hankering for soup.

From Washington Post

But given art’s recent turn toward the figurative, the literal, and the narrative, I too often find myself hankering for art that doesn’t try to tell me things.

From New York Times

The other night, I had a sudden hankering for a caramel apple.

From Salon