: a tender or urgent longing
a yearning for justice
Examples of yearning in a Sentence
had a sudden yearning for something sweet
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The Oscars are the grandest stage of that unbridled yearning.
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Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
Beyond earning critical acclaim and drawing millions of viewers to HBO season after season, The White Lotus has tapped into our collective yearning for escape and fantasy by launching crafty partnerships.
—Pooja Shah, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Nodding toward this Odyssean journey, Wang’s novel presents a familiar tale of war and homecoming, rife with correspondence, death, and pangs of yearning for a beloved back home.
—The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Suzy’s yearning to make sense of the untimely tragedy is made all the more complicated considering both girls had an unresolved falling during 6th grade.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025
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Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
Beyond earning critical acclaim and drawing millions of viewers to HBO season after season, The White Lotus has tapped into our collective yearning for escape and fantasy by launching crafty partnerships.
—Pooja Shah, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Nodding toward this Odyssean journey, Wang’s novel presents a familiar tale of war and homecoming, rife with correspondence, death, and pangs of yearning for a beloved back home.
—The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Suzy’s yearning to make sense of the untimely tragedy is made all the more complicated considering both girls had an unresolved falling during 6th grade.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025
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“Yearning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yearning. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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