yarn
noun
thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
yarning
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present participleof yarn.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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It’s like a late-night D&M with a mate – only the mate is Nick Cave and we’re yarning with the lights up amid a cast of thousands.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 8, 2019
In some parts it is just about the best baseball yarning since the late great Ring Lardner put the cover on his typewriter.
From Time Magazine Archive
While Thomas was yarning and clowning, he kept sternly to his poet's vocation.
From Time Magazine Archive
None surpasses the Sage of Burwash at yarning in dialects of all sorts.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Who’s that fellow you were yarning to?” said the latter.
From The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley by Bertram Mitford
