: a tender or urgent longing
a yearning for justice
Examples of yearning in a Sentence
had a sudden yearning for something sweet
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There is a specific kind of yearning involved in having a crush, one that feels intense, yet is for the most part harmless fun; still, as people grow older the frequency of such infatuations often decreases.
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
The breathless discussion about that photograph felt almost like a yearning for the past, when consensus could be built through celluloid.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
For roughly the first half, the songs are held together by a sort of yearning — for a person, for the open road, or for the idea of freedom.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
D’Angelo rebuffed our yearning for a traditional career long enough to eke out a delightfully unpredictable final decade.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
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Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
The breathless discussion about that photograph felt almost like a yearning for the past, when consensus could be built through celluloid.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
For roughly the first half, the songs are held together by a sort of yearning — for a person, for the open road, or for the idea of freedom.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
D’Angelo rebuffed our yearning for a traditional career long enough to eke out a delightfully unpredictable final decade.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 15 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 22 Oct. 2025.
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