Sentence example with the word 'yearn'

yearn

ache, covet, crave, desire, dream, fancy, hanker, hunger, itch, long, lust, pant, pine, prefer, thirst, want, wish, yen

Definition v. desire strongly or persistently

Last update: July 20, 2015


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I yearn to become a pilot.   [verb]

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Do her empty arms still yearn for me alone?   [verb]

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For those who yearn for a tan, a safer method is to use tanning lotions.   [verb]

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Her heart yearned towards the old house, so distinctly pictured by memory, though perchance with some differences from the actual scene.   [verb]

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Tugwell yearned for no hot speed in his friends, or his house, or his wife, or his walk, or even his way of thinking.   [verb]

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Cheeseman yearn (for reasons of his own about city prices) to navigate this good ship with natives.   [verb]

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--I am not a man whose bowels yearn after kindred and friends of this world.   [verb]

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Her eyes rested intently on his figure, her whole heart yearned towards him and, unable to control herself,--she called his name aloud.   [verb]

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Now she knew how little her son yearned for lofty things.   [verb]

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Hitherto her gentle nature, her intellect, which yearned to expand, gather new riches, and exchange what it had gained with others, had possessed much to offer to the Queen.   [verb]

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It even seemed probable; for a man who loved her like Antony could scarcely yearn for the favour of another woman.   [verb]

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