yearn for
Example Sentences
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They look at gaping inequalities in society and yearn for change.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
They yearn for more, and they’ve found it in each other.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
The meaning I glean from your words is this: It’s not so much that you yearn for him romantically and fear you made a mistake simply because your life is empty without him.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
“All his life, he has been taught to yearn for eternity,” Ms. Sy-Quia writes of his deliberations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
I yearn for a minute of a gentle, just-stirring stupor, but I can’t afford to be groggy.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
