- present participle of yearn.
yearning
Example Sentences
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That era’s prime-time schedules illustrate the tension between insistent progress and a yearning for supposedly simpler times – a feeling similar to what we’re experiencing now.
From Salon • Jul. 11, 2026
He is speaking to us trackside at Crystal Palace, its grandstands and shuttered scoreboard almost silenced and yearning to return to their former glory.
From BBC • Jul. 11, 2026
But on the eve of her 22nd birthday, Selines — who speaks in the same honeyed, dulcet tones she sings in — admits that she cringes at the sound of her own teen yearning.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026
They show how Regan made a multipronged assault on clients’ emotions by playing on their vulnerabilities, their need for income and their yearning to believe.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026
What had she done that she must spend the rest of her years reaching out with yearning for them, making secret trips to long ago, making no journey to the present?
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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