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

Comedian Red Skelton, who has hankered for years to work in pantomime, leaped at the idea.

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

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

She has hankered after her bauble, and has told falsehoods in her efforts to keep it.

From The Eustace Diamonds by Trollope, Anthony