as in longing
a strong wish for something
had a sudden yearning for something sweet
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as in crying
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Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2024
The musical interludes blend hypnotic vocals with mesmerizing choreography that captures the bittersweet impulse of a town yearning to celebrate in the face of tragedy.
—Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2024
Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2024
Past and future, fear and yearning, tangled and knotted.
—Katie Gutierrez, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
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In the second half of the ’90s, Kidman completed a run of chaotically disparate roles that were nonetheless defined by a similar state of intense yearning.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2024
The musical interludes blend hypnotic vocals with mesmerizing choreography that captures the bittersweet impulse of a town yearning to celebrate in the face of tragedy.
—Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 3 Aug. 2024
Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2024
Past and future, fear and yearning, tangled and knotted.
—Katie Gutierrez, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Yearning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yearning. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.
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