hankering

Example Sentences

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And distributors, dizzy from years of surprises and disruption, are hankering for a universally appealing, tried-and-true marketing campaign, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

The trend toward extravagance dovetailed nicely with the emergence of baby boomers and older Gen X–ers with more disposable income, the hankering for less-traveled international locales and a generational shift toward more creature comforts.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 28, 2025

Yet for more than a decade, Hovde, 60, has had a hankering to hold political office.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2024

"Noddy has always been great at living in the moment, not hankering for the past or worrying about the future," she said.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2023

Somewhere along the line—in one damn incarnation or another, if you like—you not only had a hankering to be an actor or an actress but to be a good one.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger