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Meanings of yearn in English

Catalan
consumir-se
Spanish
doler

Have a desire for something or someone who is not present.

consumir-se
Portuguese
suspirar
Catalan
consumir-se
Spanish
anhelar

Desire strongly or persistently.

suspirar
Usage of yearn in English
1
The general public yearn to be told something they don't already know.
The South African
2
We positively yearn to bump into people whose work we've just ridiculed.
The Irish Times
3
Does nobody else yearn for a bit of novelty, something completely different?
The Irish Times
4
But three years of turmoil have made many Egyptians yearn for stability.
Reuters
5
Did he yearn for telephone calls that he knew would never come?
Corduroy mansions
6
But now I only yearn; I do nothing but wait for Chilo.
Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero
7
The hottest days can make you yearn for a simple, cooling dinner.
The Guardian
8
Proud by nature, Afghans yearn to recover national self-respect and self sufficiency.
Reuters
9
I yearn to be able to write in this sort of strain:-
Diary of a Pilgrimage
10
But my heart would still yearn for the sound of the waves
The Hudson / Three Centuries of History, Romance and Invention
11
I yearn for intimacy with particular friends, but never dare express it.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 / Erotic Symbolism; T...
12
We share the kind of relationship you say you yearn for, Isobel.
The power of the legendary greek
13
And in life He only makes us yearn that He may satisfy.
Robert Elsmere
14
The thought of him made her yearn for him that much more.
Torment
15
I'm more of a Maoist epicurean - I yearn for constant revolution.
The Guardian
16
It made me yearn-forwhat I've never known, and probably never will.
Priest
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