: a tender or urgent longing
a yearning for justice
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had a sudden yearning for something sweet
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Stella isn’t being betrayed — if anything, she’s being reached out to, desperately, like her light-years-away namesake, by two yearning humans with their feet, at least for now, stuck on the ground.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
Behind every unresolved murder case is a family that never stopped mourning or yearning for justice.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
With a chopper, nothing is out of reach – and for the intrepid explorer yearning for true isolation, this is the stuff of dreams.
—Shaun Stanley, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
Poetic ruminations on imprisonment in a foreign land and yearning for a home that may no longer exist are supported by Wally Badarou and Dean Blunt’s entrancing synth score.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
Behind every unresolved murder case is a family that never stopped mourning or yearning for justice.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
With a chopper, nothing is out of reach – and for the intrepid explorer yearning for true isolation, this is the stuff of dreams.
—Shaun Stanley, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
Poetic ruminations on imprisonment in a foreign land and yearning for a home that may no longer exist are supported by Wally Badarou and Dean Blunt’s entrancing synth score.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for yearning
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“Yearning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yearning. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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