yearns
- present tense form of yearn (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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XIV As from some Alpine watch-tower's portal Night, living yet, looks forth for dawn, So from time's mistier mountain lawn The spirit of man, in trust immortal, Yearns toward a hope withdrawn.
From Poems and Ballads (Third Series) Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne—Vol. III by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
Yearns to marry, but is advised by elderly business friends that he cannot afford it.
From Search-Light Letters by Grant, Robert
If thy soul with power uplifted Yearns for glorious deed, Give thy strength to serve thy brother In his need.
From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by Mudge, James
And when the builder of this ditty Returns to this pulsating city, The perpetrator of this pome Yearns for a lovely country home.
From Something Else Again by Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce)
"And the fire divine in all things burning Yearns for home and rest anew, From its wanderings far again returning, Child, to you."
From AE in the Irish Theosophist by Russell, George William
