: 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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Working with producer Carter Lang of SZA and Doja Cat fame, de la Fuente is no longer trying to capture the gilded vignettes of home, but rather relaxing into the bliss of fleeting moments, creating universal depictions of lust and yearning sung in breathy registers.
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Vita Dadoo, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
Cascada’s rendition replaces Reilly’s yearning with decidedly more bombast, but the ecstatic feeling of connecting with a lover – whether on an elevator, dancefloor or basketball court – remains at the center.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 18 Apr. 2025
In recent years, as retro gaming and nostalgia goggles have left everyone yearning for throwbacks, the term friction has become a hot button topic.
—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
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Vita Dadoo, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
Cascada’s rendition replaces Reilly’s yearning with decidedly more bombast, but the ecstatic feeling of connecting with a lover – whether on an elevator, dancefloor or basketball court – remains at the center.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 18 Apr. 2025
In recent years, as retro gaming and nostalgia goggles have left everyone yearning for throwbacks, the term friction has become a hot button topic.
—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
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 4 Jun. 2025.
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