Example Sentences

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The 35-year-old Nadal and the 19-year-old Alcaraz will meet Friday in a clash of generations that Spanish fans had been craving to see up close.

From Seattle Times • May 5, 2022

As filming on the debut season wrapped, she found herself in tears, “because I realized just how much I had been craving an experience like that before.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2021

It was the kind of substantive, forward-thinking meeting Jayapal had been craving.

From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2018

Reynolds called it the "closure" that she and her daughter had been craving for the last year.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2017

At that moment I realized how much I had been craving Archie’s confirmation.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli