yearn
verb (used without object)
to have an earnest or strong desire; long.
will yearn
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future tenseof yearn.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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But one day, the excitement of the AI trade will come from plunges rather than melt-ups, and when that happens, you will yearn for boredom.
From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026
But I will yearn for more scenes of sublime, ridiculous formal dining experiences.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2025
Aitkenhead narrates the tragedy’s aftermath with poise and even humor, but really the book is a full-throated tribute to a person most readers will yearn to have met.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 19, 2016
The narrative swerves enough to thrillingly roughen the course of love, and the characters are so memorable that readers will yearn for a third book.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 1, 2015
“But something in their iron robot hearts will yearn to have lived and died as we did: on the hero’s errand.”
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
