hanker after
Example Sentences
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Even if he does still hanker after a prominent political role, he will almost certainly be barred from getting one.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
Intelligence officials have repeatedly made clear they hanker after the same generative AI tools that promise to revolutionize swaths of business and modernize economies.
From Seattle Times • May 13, 2024
As people increasingly identify with more than one locality, so they begin to hanker after more than one resting place.
From Economist • Apr. 12, 2018
Others yet might hanker after the secluded fringes of the beach, perhaps sheltered by natural promontories of rock that keep the biting wind at bay.
From Scientific American • Jun. 23, 2017
He didn't hanker after it, but it was a military necessity—hardtack or starvation.
From Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) His Transformation From A Raw Recruit To A Veteran by McElroy, John
