Example Sentences

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This is the chance they have yearned for.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026

Since the weird, wild universe of “Dune” emerged from the pages of Frank Herbert’s novel in 1965, filmmakers have yearned to bring it to the screen.

From New York Times • Feb. 29, 2024

Then another season passed without the title the Clippers have yearned.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2023

And during the profound and destabilizing crisis of the past two years, many of us have yearned for an impartial authority, a font of scientific wisdom that will offer salvation in trying times.

From Slate • Mar. 21, 2022

Prince Dain is only one faerie, and he has seen something in me, something Madoc wouldn’t see, something I have yearned to have acknowledged.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black