yearning
Example Sentences
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One day I’d be fine, and the next I would find myself devastated, yearning to hear from him.
From Los Angeles Times
Yet, however destructive to his personal life, Matthiessen’s restive, yearning nature animated the best of his fiction.
Ms. O’Hara has the more richly written role, and she imbues Carmen with a gentle sense of yearning.
“We’re all susceptible to the sweet rush of approval, the desperate fear of disapproval, and the yearning for purpose and community,” Huet writes.
From Los Angeles Times
In an interview with Salon, Lawrence rejected the notion that Americans are yearning for a centrist party, saying that voters want candidates who offer tangible material, positive change.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
