yearned for

Example Sentences

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This is the chance they have yearned for.

From BBC • Jan. 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

It is the very voice the Framers yearned for engaged citizens to bring to the jury box.

From Slate • Oct. 23, 2025

Still, I yearned for a protagonist who hits bottom, then finds a way to evolve and transcend.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2025

She yearned for playmates but did not know how to make friends with the other little girls.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith