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  • present participle of yearn.
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yearning

[yur-ning] / ˈjɜr nɪŋ /


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El-Sayed also vowed to get "money out of politics" and address the harsh economic woes that have voters yearning for a political newcomer to shake up the status quo.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

It’s a film that knows yearning doesn’t cease no matter how long we live, and that it’s all too easy to let fear complicate what should be easy.

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

Its strangeness is the embodiment of a child’s yearning consciousness, a landscape of such heightened sensitivity that it can seem almost otherworldly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

“Victoria has layers on what she can do,” says Lucky Daye, who joins her for a yearning duet, “Maybe,” with a bit of Patti LaBelle-and-Michael McDonald energy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Trees stretched up into the darkening sky like yearning giants, their thick branches contorted and mean from reaching out for something they could never grasp.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

In a time when teen life is subsumed by alienating digital technology and an understandable risk-aversion, “Nimrods” takes the yearnings of its young punks seriously.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

In imagining her disturbed perceptions, the novel shows the old dog’s circumscribed world transfigured by long forgotten yearnings and powerfully altered understandings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

While the fan-theorised second finale has not materialised, a behind-the-scenes documentary showing how season five of the hit TV series came to life hopes to satisfy some of those yearnings and burning questions.

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2026

But about Tetiaroa — the Tahitian atoll of his childhood yearnings, and the refuge of his adult life — he did.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2024

The Abbot put his paw around the young mouse’s shoulder, sensing his secret yearnings, for he had ruled Redwall wisely over a great number of years and gained much experience of mouselife.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques


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