yearning
Example Sentences
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His lyrics are refreshing, clearly about human yearning but never seeming confessional or like he has a specific point to make.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
“Elections are about the future, and I think it’s really tough for people who are part of our past to make that case. There’s a yearning for something fresh, new, exciting,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
That's good news for fans who fell in love with the yearning empathy of early songs like Black Dog, Eugene and Weightless.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
Experimental and fun, it crushes the stars' voices through digital effects that give their declarations of undying love a yearning, other-worldly quality.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
Tristan und Isolde is an out-and-out masterpiece, with sweeping, yearning themes, deserving of its place in music’s pantheon, whatever it may or may not have innovated.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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