yearning

Example Sentences

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The part of me that knew how good it would feel to be held and cuddled was yearning.

From Literature

Still, the yearning for a vanished past is never a good guide to public policy.

From The Wall Street Journal

A recent social-media trend has people sharing photos from 2016 and yearning for a time when bloggers had not yet turned into influencers and social media still was something of a novelty for many.

From MarketWatch

Somewhere between a yearning for motherhood and a woman’s understandable hesitation about it is where the bulk of O’Hara’s onscreen interpretations lived — confidently, outlandishly, and except for Kate, clad in eccentricity.

From Salon

“We want everybody to be left yearning,” Brady adds.

From Los Angeles Times