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Meanings of yearn for in anglès

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Usage of yearn for in anglès
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Does nobody else yearn for a bit of novelty, something completely different?
The Irish Times
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But three years of turmoil have made many Egyptians yearn for stability.
Reuters
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Did he yearn for telephone calls that he knew would never come?
Corduroy mansions
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The hottest days can make you yearn for a simple, cooling dinner.
The Guardian
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But my heart would still yearn for the sound of the waves
The Hudson / Three Centuries of History, Romance and Invention
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I yearn for intimacy with particular friends, but never dare express it.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 / Erotic Symbolism; T...
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We share the kind of relationship you say you yearn for, Isobel.
The power of the legendary greek
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The thought of him made her yearn for him that much more.
Torment
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I'm more of a Maoist epicurean - I yearn for constant revolution.
The Guardian
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He and I are warm with play and yearn for a flagon.
The Path of the King
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It seems strange to yearn for less space to call your own.
The Irish Times
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He had not realized how his heart did yearn for such words.
The Hero of Hill House
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She did not yearn for the equestrian of the white man's circus.
Remarks
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Does his soul still yearn for the blood of the palefaced teachers?
The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales / With Condensed Novels...
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It's no wonder we yearn for there to be more to life.
Reuters
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How I yearn , yearn for Italy at the close of my life!
Life and Letters of Robert Browning
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United Kingdom
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