yearn
Example Sentences
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Who doesn’t yearn to clean up their mistakes and find some semblance of happiness, even when contentment seems so far out of reach?
From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026
He said he continued to pray for peace, diplomacy and the “well-being of peoples, who yearn for peaceful existence founded on justice,” according to a translated statement.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026
"There is so much to do, let's do it. Let's yearn for a happy ending in our own lives."
From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026
He goes further at the end of the book, asserting that “one would have had to yearn desperately for a warm and loving childhood to so fantastically create the toys of such a childhood.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
“But something in their iron robot hearts will yearn to have lived and died as we did: on the hero’s errand.”
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
Vocabulary lists containing yearn
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
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