as in longing
a strong wish for something
had a sudden yearning for something sweet
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Recent Examples of yearning
The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 21 Mar. 2025
From then on, everyone wanders around yearning for their other half.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
In Andrea Gets a Divorce, hope turns into a whole set of emotions as a countryside policewoman yearning for a promotion faces a moral quandary after accidentally killing her soon-to-be-ex in a hit-and-run accident.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025
That would better satisfy the yearning for sentimentality that director John Rando relies on.
—Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The 14th edition of the Taipei Biennial will explore the many dimensions of yearning.
—The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 21 Mar. 2025
From then on, everyone wanders around yearning for their other half.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
In Andrea Gets a Divorce, hope turns into a whole set of emotions as a countryside policewoman yearning for a promotion faces a moral quandary after accidentally killing her soon-to-be-ex in a hit-and-run accident.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025
That would better satisfy the yearning for sentimentality that director John Rando relies on.
—Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yearning
Noun
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Their brows are furrowed, their mouths are pouty, their faces are twisted into ever-more over-the-top expressions of longing and ambivalence.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2025
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But looking back, many feel a longing for the God of War of old.—
Diego Argüello,
Rolling Stone,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Your body may also use carbs more efficiently earlier in the day—which can help reduce cravings and promote better weight control.—
Lauren O'Connor, MS,
Health,
25 Mar. 2025
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Medications that reduce opioid cravings, including buprenorphine and methadone, are more widely available, in part because of insurance coverage provided by Medicaid.—
Brian Mann,
NPR,
24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Whether Villa can do it all within a PSR timeframe is the more pressing matter.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Asking which benefits directly address your employees' most pressing needs prioritizes impact over volume.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Leadership have expressed concerns of the Japanese company’s desire to follow U.S. Steel’s business model and a lack of investment in union facilities.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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It is not lost on senior figures that their desire to transform the club is much harder and slower than in the age before PSR, where the likes of Chelsea and Manchester City could accelerate progression with few spending limits.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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But that’s where Adolescence pushes its insistent finger down our fragile parental psyches.—
Avivah Wittenberg-Cox,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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But for the radical feminist Andrea Dworkin, who died in 2005 at the age of 58, the insistent antifeminism of some conservative women was never perplexing at all.—
Jennifer Szalai,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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Curiously, over the decades that followed, writers could not resist the urge to project a big fat chip (sorry) onto the shoulders of England’s capital city.—
Amiel Stanek,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025
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As the moon clashes with Venus, resist the urge to go overboard.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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With congestion on the rise, the decline in per capita transit use suggests that fewer people currently rely on transit than pre-pandemic, which underscores the urgent need for innovative solutions to attract riders.—
Ankit Mishra,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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In the nineteen-sixties and seventies, the Vietnam War was a matter of urgent concern in politics and scholarship alike.—
Nikil Saval,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Now Warning Issued To All iPhone Users NYT Mini Today: Hints, Clues And Answers For Wednesday, April 2 Cory Booker Breaks Record With 25-Hour Speech Blasting Trump Use it for: Mixing with bold spirits, quenching your thirst, or cutting juices for a lighter spritz.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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His argument—baseless at the time—was that chewing gum had miraculous abilities to quench thirst, stave off hunger, and dissipate nervous tension.—
Hannah Seo,
The Atlantic,
29 Mar. 2025
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“Yearning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yearning. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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