hankered after

Example Sentences

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Customers, he insisted, still hankered after the noise and fury of a conventional motor.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2025

The new leader, who is 60, had long hankered after the job.

From Economist • Sep. 17, 2015

Now working at the United Nations in New York, Mr. Seddon said he had fabulous dining options in Manhattan but still hankered after goulash and stuffed cabbage.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2015

Behind the laughter, James hankered after seriousness, plugging away like Sisyphus at poetry and critical essays, and later some fiction.

From The Guardian • Jul. 5, 2013

Like Methuselah I cowered beside my cage, and though my soul hankered after the mountain, I found, like Methuselah, I had no wings.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver