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Meanings of hankering in English
Usage of hankering in English
1
The hankering after these arises from pride, error of judgment, and cupidity.
2
It's also true that not everyone is hankering to jump the broom.
3
And Valentine now had to the full this secret hankering after danger.
4
Still his hankering for the treasure seemed to increase with every visit.
5
There was clearly some hankering after style, some searching for an idea.
6
Gave graphic description of his hanging about Holyrood Palace hankering after admission.
7
There's nothing of his father in him except his hankering after books.
8
She might just as well have been sitting hankering on Hampstead Heath.
9
Like the sweet water of the Ganges, wealth only increases one's hankering.
10
I've always had a hankering to beat it up at Monte Carlo.
11
You always have such a hankering after being what you are not!
12
What folly to be hankering after our neighbor's chalk line and gimlet!
13
But starships are more important than a fool's hankering to be famous!
14
Picture this: You're working late at the office and hankering for a meal.
15
However, a day has passed since then, and his hankering is inflamed anew.
16
But the left needs more than a hankering after statist investment.
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Hankering through the time
Hankering across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common