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Recent Examples of yearn
Maybe if the teen had whined less, viewers wouldn't have yearned to see her get eaten by some Hellmouth beast.
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EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
But the pizza videos show that people still yearn for that trace of meanness, that disregard for niceties — that implicit demonstration of a brutal capacity for honesty.
—Willy Staley, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
The 24-year-old does not yearn for expensive accessories.
—Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
The stay-at-home mom who yearns to go back to work, but can’t afford to pay for child care.
—Reshma Saujani, Glamour, 18 Feb. 2025
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EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
But the pizza videos show that people still yearn for that trace of meanness, that disregard for niceties — that implicit demonstration of a brutal capacity for honesty.
—Willy Staley, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
The 24-year-old does not yearn for expensive accessories.
—Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
The stay-at-home mom who yearns to go back to work, but can’t afford to pay for child care.
—Reshma Saujani, Glamour, 18 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for yearn
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“Yearn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yearn. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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