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Recent Examples of yearn
But part of her yearned to actually release the feelings that rose to the surface while being coached through inhales and exhales.
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Megan Bruneau, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
But what’s certain is that while romantic connection has lessened, yearning for it certainly hasn’t.
—Charley Locke, Vox, 16 June 2025
The last quality marking the cinema of the rice cooker is yearning.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 3 July 2025
The smattering of comparisons she’s been drawing to Leonard Cohen are apt for (and assuredly cherished by) the Vermont singer on her third album — the luminant vessel of a swarm of kinetic lyrical energy log jammed at the front gates of her mind, yearning for the page and demanding a romp.
—Aaron Davis, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2025
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Megan Bruneau, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
But what’s certain is that while romantic connection has lessened, yearning for it certainly hasn’t.
—Charley Locke, Vox, 16 June 2025
The last quality marking the cinema of the rice cooker is yearning.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 3 July 2025
The smattering of comparisons she’s been drawing to Leonard Cohen are apt for (and assuredly cherished by) the Vermont singer on her third album — the luminant vessel of a swarm of kinetic lyrical energy log jammed at the front gates of her mind, yearning for the page and demanding a romp.
—Aaron Davis, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yearn
Verb
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Many Washington Commanders fans have longed for the team to return to the old RFK site, where the team played during its glory days under coach Joe Gibbs and before the dark times under former owner Daniel Snyder.—
Jim Reineking,
USA Today,
21 July 2025
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As an avid women's sports fan, Fishman had longed for a place like Jolene Jolene, and when she was laid off her marketing job last year, decided to make her dreams a reality.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
21 July 2025
Verb
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Parts read like a narrative, other parts sound like a letter to the husband, sometimes explanatory, sometimes apologetic, sometimes pining.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
18 May 2025
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Songs that should blaze by are sluggish while tunes that should pine and linger are sped through.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Yearn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yearn. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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