: 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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In recent years, as retro gaming and nostalgia goggles have left everyone yearning for throwbacks, the term friction has become a hot button topic.
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
These episodes aren’t only defined by trauma, but also yearning, wonder, wistfulness, and joy; Sound of Falling’s tone can veer from the dreamy to the painfully sharp, its protagonists sometimes speaking in voiceover and other times turning the narration over to side characters.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 14 May 2025
The intimacy that sparks between the two ends abruptly when the man disappears, leaving Aya with a key to his hotel room and a yearning that perhaps only a stranger can fulfill.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 8 May 2025
May 8, 2025 4 min read The social and psychological consequences of yearning for the past are starting to come into focus
By Kuan-Ju Huang
Nostalgia is a complex emotion.
—Kuan-Ju Huang, Scientific American, 8 May 2025
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
These episodes aren’t only defined by trauma, but also yearning, wonder, wistfulness, and joy; Sound of Falling’s tone can veer from the dreamy to the painfully sharp, its protagonists sometimes speaking in voiceover and other times turning the narration over to side characters.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 14 May 2025
The intimacy that sparks between the two ends abruptly when the man disappears, leaving Aya with a key to his hotel room and a yearning that perhaps only a stranger can fulfill.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 8 May 2025
May 8, 2025 4 min read The social and psychological consequences of yearning for the past are starting to come into focus
By Kuan-Ju Huang
Nostalgia is a complex emotion.
—Kuan-Ju Huang, Scientific American, 8 May 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 23 May. 2025.
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