yearned for
Example Sentences
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Already recognized as perhaps the top power-hitting second baseman of all time, he yearned for a championship ring to make his career complete.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
But I yearned for a way of understanding the world that could make room for both the importance of my past and the existence of my own agency.”
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2026
There are many mothers who go to the hospital to deliver a child they love and yearned for but won’t take home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2025
She said she had never yearned for a baby but her husband desperately wanted to be a dad.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025
He yearned for the comfort of Catelyn's arms, for the sounds of Robb and Jon crossing swords in the practice yard, for the cool days and cold nights of the north.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
