Example Sentences

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“Who’s that fellow you were yarning to?” said the latter.

From The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley by Mitford, Bertram

"Who was that rotten-looking 'sharp' you were yarning to when I came in?"

From The Son of his Father by Cullum, Ridgwell

We were yarning after dinner, and, whether because three of us were fishermen, or simply that we were all English, our yarns were taking a competitive turn.

From Tatterdemalion by Galsworthy, John

“So that’s what you were yarning so long about in your room!”

From Clayhanger by Bennett, Arnold

Not at all," said Mr Robb; "they were yarning about pirates that infest the Grecian Archipelago.

From The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century by Runciman, Walter