have a yen for
Example Sentences
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Sure, if you have a yen for a throwback action movie.
From The Guardian • Sep. 21, 2016
He has a point, in that even some of Freakonomics’ critics, such as Gelman and Fung in the American Scientist, tend to have a yen for popularising themselves.
From The Guardian • May 15, 2015
Is this to be BBC Radio Cornwall, by some margin the most listened-to radio station in the county with listeners who have a yen for current affairs.
From The Guardian • Jul. 8, 2010
Brukes Houston Soon, I fear, it will be more than just a touch of whimsy when I say, "I have a yen for the dollar."
From Time Magazine Archive
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It is no wonder that the Japanese have a yen for the deregulated Euromarket.
From Time Magazine Archive
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