hankered after
Example Sentences
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Her early dreams were of the stage rather than politics, and with her natural exuberance and love of the limelight, she hankered after a career as a dancer.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2023
The romantic in me hankered after that golden-age ambience, and Kingston’s plight seemed to sum up the decline of chess since it had been front-page news in the Fischer era.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 14, 2016
I had, for years, hankered after this particular model of Skoda.
From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2015
The new leader, who is 60, had long hankered after the job.
From Economist ● Sep. 17, 2015
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
