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yearns

  • present tense form
    of yearn (3rd person singular).
    yearn
    verb (used without object)
    to have an earnest or strong desire; long.

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The show ended with Dance With Me, a ballad in which Mars yearns for one last slow dance to save a struggling relationship.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

Veteran pop showman Barry Manilow yearns to be back onstage.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

But now, when the 60-year-old yearns for the Pacific, he can land in this newly purchased perch.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026

But the “champagne wishes and caviar dreams” she yearns for remain out of reach.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025

“You saw what you wished to see. Your heart yearns for your father and your home, so that is what you saw.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin