hankering

Example Sentences

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If that morning cup of joe doesn't satisfy your daily hankering for coffee, this is the sweet treat for you.

From Salon

Scanning the enumerated powers of the mayor of New York is like reading a job description for Dumbledore, if Dumbledore had a hankering for civic governance and pinstriped suits.

From Los Angeles Times

On those afternoons when you have a hankering, you don’t have to wait for Z&Z to swing open its door.

From Washington Post

Everyone, at some time or another, no matter where they live or how much they earn, has a hankering for soup.

From Washington Post

But given art’s recent turn toward the figurative, the literal, and the narrative, I too often find myself hankering for art that doesn’t try to tell me things.

From New York Times