yearn

One day I’d be fine, and the next I would find myself devastated, yearning to hear from him.

Even the good times can make you yearn for the quiet relaxation of a hotel room with concierge service.

Yet, however destructive to his personal life, Matthiessen’s restive, yearning nature animated the best of his fiction.

Ms. O’Hara has the more richly written role, and she imbues Carmen with a gentle sense of yearning.

“We’re all susceptible to the sweet rush of approval, the desperate fear of disapproval, and the yearning for purpose and community,” Huet writes.