yearned for
Example Sentences
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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
There are many mothers who go to the hospital to deliver a child they love and yearned for but won’t take home.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025
It is the very voice the Framers yearned for engaged citizens to bring to the jury box.
From Slate • Oct. 23, 2025
He yearned for the uninhibited artistic exploration of his late teens and early 20s when he was a part of theater groups with friends.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2025
But as is the way with these encounters, Thom could not forget what he had seen, and every night he yearned for Grace, his heart aching anew.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
