Example Sentences

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No one but Wilfred knows how I have schemed, deceived, sinned for him, and now, when I am getting old and am yearning for love, he, my only son, has turned against me.

From Roger Trewinion by King, Gunning

By this time the situation has become intolerable, for I am yearning to rise and kick the young fellow out of the hut, and then to have a long and earnest talk with his companion.

From Through Russia by Hogarth, C. J.

I am not just talking here for this life, but also for the other life I believe in and I am yearning for.

From My Life and My Efforts by Olesch, Gunther

I do not know whether I mentioned that I have a studio in the Via Margutta in Rome, and that when the light becomes too sharp in this studio I am yearning for that one.

From Hania by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

The plan of them appears to have been determined, somewhere, somehow, by a sublime intelligence which surpasses understanding, for some sublime purpose, apparently, which I am yearning to know.

From Heart and Soul by Maveric Post by Mapes, Victor