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yearning
[ yur-ning ]
noun
- deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness:
a widower's yearning for his wife.
- an instance of such longing.
ˈyearning
/ ˈjɜːnɪŋ /
noun
- an intense or overpowering longing, desire, or need; craving
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Derived Forms
- ˈyearningly, adverb
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Other Words From
- yearning·ly adverb
- un·yearning adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Yet, many do not find in this shared, human yearning a reason to regard immigrants as “like us” rather than “not like us.”
He was constantly yearning to be a politician and an editor at the same time.
Yet the tired, poor, huddled masses yearning to breathe free did not always find what they expected in America.
Each was in a day-by-day survival mode—each in his own way yearning for self-worth.
“If You Had My Love” was silky-smooth with just the right amount of anguished yearning.
But also it was an inarticulate yearning to find that state of safety where he and she dwelt secure from separation—in the 'sea.'
She could have swooned, so intoxicant was her wonder and her solemn joy and her yearning after righteousness in love.
It was the starving sense of loneliness, the aching sense of loss, the yearning and the vain desire that made it seem so long.
There were other causes entering into this unrest besides his yearning desire to win Ramona for his wife.
He longed for death with a full and yearning desire, and he could kiss the hand that would be merciful and give the fatal blow.
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