yearn
Example Sentences
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“All his life, he has been taught to yearn for eternity,” Ms. Sy-Quia writes of his deliberations.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
The meaning I glean from your words is this: It’s not so much that you yearn for him romantically and fear you made a mistake simply because your life is empty without him.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
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
She may still yearn for the approval, acknowledgement, attention and validation of her father, even if she received those things from her stepfather.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026
Now she did, and it was a quick and fragrant touch to his lips that gave him courage and, even before he started out, made him yearn to come back home.
From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry
Vocabulary lists containing yearn
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
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