How to Use yearning in a Sentence

yearning

noun
  • So that was a big part of my yearning.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2025
  • That’s that good yearning right there!
    — Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
  • His yearning for home, undimmed by time, was wedged in her mind.
    — Lily Rothman, Time, 10 May 2018
  • Kimia has a kind heart, and a yearning to do her best on all her goals.
    — Jennifer Shapiro-Sacks, sun-sentinel.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • His yearning is leeching out of the screen.
    — Thomas Page, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Life may have thrown up walls but nothing can block their yearning.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Their deep yearning was to have the means to feed their own children.
    — Leah Penniman, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Yearning for home is just called yearning.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Is this yearning for him normal?
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2025
  • So a post like Bradley’s can trigger a yearning for the past.
    — Jamie Waters, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2024
  • All the yearning for the picture has come back through the emoji.
    — Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2020
  • Your thirst for success is brought on by the yearning to leave a legacy.
    — Lisa Stardust, Vogue, 18 June 2026
  • But there is a real yearning to go back to face-to-face meetings.
    — Gregg Goldstein, Variety, 29 Oct. 2021
  • But his yearning to protect them at all cost, was worth the effort.
    — Scott Talley, Freep.com, 19 June 2022
  • These words describe a strong yearning to do or have something.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The yearning to talk to her sister through letters had been a long process.
    — al, 14 Sep. 2022
  • There is some real yearning and heartbreak in those faces!
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
  • But only Kehlani with her un-maudlin yearning could’ve fleshed it out.
    — Alfred Soto, Pitchfork, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Lanterns gleam overhead, adding warmth to the yearning music.
    — Celia Wren, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
  • This isn’t the old yearning for peace and quiet, but an impulse to rail against such things.
    — Literary Hub, 19 June 2026
  • The yearning to learn how to do something better did not stop with science.
    — Dr. Ruth Gotian, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Like Simon, my yearning for fame was about wanting to be seen.
    — Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2020
  • There's even some hint of yearning for an apocalyptic event to restart the world.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 30 May 2024
  • Billboard takes note of what the pulse is, what the taste is, what the yearning is that people want to hear.
    — Nick Williams, Billboard, 18 Nov. 2019
  • The yearning for meaning, or even a grander sense of plot, begins to gnaw at the viewer.
    — Corey Atad, Esquire, 12 June 2017
  • There's even some hint of yearning for an apocalyptic event to give the world a do-over.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 30 Jan. 2025
  • That yearning shows up clearly in the recipes resonating most right now.
    — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • All of the sadness was there, all the nostalgia was there, all the yearning for the past.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 8 June 2025
  • So many yearnings that have been lying silent can be heard shouting from the depths of our spirit.
    — Guest Columnist/cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 18 Mar. 2018
  • Where there’s a yearning for content, there’s a streaming service to meet it.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 17 Aug. 2022

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