yearn
Example Sentences
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“I call upon all Iranian patriots who yearn for freedom to seize this moment, to be brave, be bold, be heroic, and take back your country,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
She may still yearn for the approval, acknowledgement, attention and validation of her father, even if she received those things from her stepfather.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026
"There is so much to do, let's do it. Let's yearn for a happy ending in our own lives."
From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026
‘Just Kids,’ a tale of scrambling toward relevancy as the ‘60s morphed into the ‘70s, makes a kid from the Reagan-Bush years yearn for the galvanizing turbulence of an era gone by.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025
She’d spent decades with the dead, listening to them yearn for past lives that were only half-remembered, distorted by nostalgia.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing yearn
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
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