yearned for
Example Sentences
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My mother and I clashed, and I yearned for expression and freedom.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
If you’ve ever yearned for your living space to smell like buttery movie theater popcorn or dill pickle juice, Bath & Body Works has you covered.
From Salon • Dec. 10, 2025
It is the very voice the Framers yearned for engaged citizens to bring to the jury box.
From Slate • Oct. 23, 2025
The 1960s middle classes could not afford haute couture, but yearned for a stylish, distinctive look of their own.
From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025
Mamita serves me first, giving me the biggest piece of chicken and the biggest potato from the soup, what I yearned for so much as a little girl.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
