hanker
verb (used without object)
to have a restless or incessant longing (often followed by after, for, or an infinitive).
has hankered
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present perfectof hanker (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He has hankered for a break to spend some time with his wife and baby and now England can give it to him without any fuss.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 4, 2010
Truman's in Independence, Mo., and Kennedy's will be located in Cambridge, Mass. Naturally, Lyndon B. Johnson has hankered to have the library housing his presidential papers built down by the Pedernales.
From Time Magazine Archive
After McCarthy has made the plunge, Nelson Rockefeller, who has hankered after the White House longer than most voters can remember, decides to follow suit.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since then he has hankered to be a conductor.
From Time Magazine Archive
Old Lakatos Pál has hankered after him so, though he cared little enough about Andor at one time.
From A Bride of the Plains by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
