hankering after

Example Sentences

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He had always had a hankering after driving for Ferrari and he has a close relationship with their team boss Frederic Vasseur, which dates back 20 years to their time in the junior categories together.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2025

Later in his career, despite his success as a country singer, Mr. Lewis sometimes confessed to hankering after the old rock ’n’ roll days.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2022

"Here ... the balloon is already flown away into a second canvas. And of course, that means that she's forever separated from her little heart balloon that she's hankering after."

From Reuters • Oct. 1, 2021

If anything, support for the death penalty may be a detriment to those hankering after the appointment.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2021

But pure mathematics had a higher status, with the result that there was a constant hankering after the language and argumentative style of pure mathematics.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton