yearning

Example Sentences

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Experimental and fun, it crushes the stars' voices through digital effects that give their declarations of undying love a yearning, other-worldly quality.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Miraculously, the line of people that usually snakes down Melrose yearning for a slice of chef Karla Subero Pittol’s passion lime fruit icebox pie is nonexistent today.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

Mr. Scaggs’s moving lyrics and yearning vocal made the song a pop standard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

The lyrics of trot songs typically revolve around love and separation, or the yearning for a warm, familiar home.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

He found himself staring out windows, wistful, yearning for that distant, unattainable horizon.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor