- present participle of hanker.
hankering
Example Sentences
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Above all, though, the commission’s recommendations faced resistance among the museum’s curators to the sort of great-man-of-history approach that Brooks and others were hankering for.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
Nowadays, those hankering for a dose of first-person confessional need only open their TikTok feeds or turn on Bravo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
The thin float and retail investor enticement created an artificial scarcity — if you were a small investor hankering for a piece of SpaceX action the only place to go was an overheated stock market.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Fans have been hankering for a follow-up to GTA 5 after it was released back in 2013, and became one of the best-selling games of all time.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
“Well, I suppose I best be on my way. I ain’t got no hankering to interrupt any more learning!”
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
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