hanker
verb (used without object)
to have a restless or incessant longing (often followed by after, for, or an infinitive).
is hankering
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present progressiveof hanker (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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It's not clear any party is hankering after an early test of public opinion.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2025
One is hankering to get to a baseball game.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 30, 2020
This is not something that our base is hankering to undo, and we may quietly leave it in place.’ ”
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 17, 2016
"Nobody here is hankering for a tax increase, but sure, we've given it thought," a top aide conceded last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
But in this case it would do no harm, for every one likes Elizabeth Kirk and nobody else is hankering for the job of stepmothering those youngsters.
From Rainbow Valley by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
