- present participle of yearn.
yearning
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The record, a gorgeous collection of songs about yearning — for love, self, art, everything — is meant to be shared in a small room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
In so many ways, the works that remain tell the deepest, truest story of yearning, resilience, love—of all that cannot be spoken.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
He tends to speak methodically and carefully — in a way that could seem guarded, but more aptly reflects a chronometric yearning for accuracy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
"So I was personally yearning for hooks and verses that are as powerful as choruses. Like an Elton John song where the melody just breaks your heart."
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
“You too, my dearest,” she said, with infinite yearning of pity in her voice and eyes.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
I miss a place that did not make me feel ashamed about my most outlandish yearnings and dreams.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
Mr. Filończyk, making his Met debut, displayed a dark, expressive baritone; it helped contrast the older Joe’s buried trauma and Sam’s yearnings, sung in Mr. Mykkanen’s more open, poignant tenor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2025
"I always had these yearnings for a lifestyle that was different to the materialistic lifestyle," he explains.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2025
Brody: There are opportunities of creative fulfillment, and that is such a deep part of any artistic person’s yearnings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2025
Most of us never dare act on our dreams and scarcely venture to share them or admit to great inner yearnings.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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