yearn
verb (used without object)
to have an earnest or strong desire; long.
has been yearning
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present perfect progressiveof yearn (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Some of them are like Serra’s Kaylah Holmes, who grew up roughhousing with her brothers and has been yearning to play football since she was 5 years old.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2023
For weeks, she has been yearning to spot a zebra.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2021
Still, it was a mildly promising show for a quarterback the city has been yearning to see.
From US News ● Nov. 16, 2015
This week President Eisenhower made a report to Congress that he has been yearning to make since the day he was inaugurated.
From Time Magazine Archive
“My child!” she exclaimed; “and you at length have come back to visit the mother who has been yearning for long years to see you; and you have not forgotten her?”
From The Trapper's Son by William Henry Giles Kingston
