: a tender or urgent longing
a yearning for justice
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had a sudden yearning for something sweet
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Was there a genuine need within this yearning, as basic as nourishment?
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Ayşegül Savaş, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
Norwood, a wide-eyed young woman with a yearning for Hollywood success, burst into the collective consciousness over the weekend when Mel’s report from a Zurich Summit panel in Switzerland exploded online.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025
Hollywood kicked off this addiction to thrills — angst, yearning, passion, can’t-live-without-you fire.
—Melissa Mason, Refinery29, 1 Oct. 2025
There is some real yearning and heartbreak in those faces!
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
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Ayşegül Savaş, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
Norwood, a wide-eyed young woman with a yearning for Hollywood success, burst into the collective consciousness over the weekend when Mel’s report from a Zurich Summit panel in Switzerland exploded online.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025
Hollywood kicked off this addiction to thrills — angst, yearning, passion, can’t-live-without-you fire.
—Melissa Mason, Refinery29, 1 Oct. 2025
There is some real yearning and heartbreak in those faces!
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for yearning
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“Yearning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yearning. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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