Example Sentences

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George Clooney fans will have a fit of the vapours; old school John Waters fans will be yearning for a reprise of the Good Morning Baltimore number from Hairspray.

From The Guardian • Jun. 17, 2010

But you will be yearning for sight of this vessel whiles I keep you.

From Martin Conisby's Vengeance by Farnol, Jeffery

The odds are, that the old aunt is addicted to snuff, tracts, and the distribution of flannel, and before August, the fair Dorothea will be yearning for a sight of her adorer.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 by Various