yarning
- present participle of yarn.
Example Sentences
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It’s like a late-night D&M with a mate – only the mate is Nick Cave and we’re yarning with the lights up amid a cast of thousands.
From The Guardian • Jan. 8, 2019
He spent hours yarning about Wallace's phenomenal feats in dictation, but he never told me anything concerning E. W.'s dictating a play in 35 hours.
From Time Magazine Archive
Stewart did his best not to brood, and Fonda helped buoy him after the day's filming by yarning, Harley-like, about the years they have spent together.
From Time Magazine Archive
In some parts it is just about the best baseball yarning since the late great Ring Lardner put the cover on his typewriter.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Whatever have you and old Undhlawafa been yarning about all this time, dear?” asked Verna, as they sat at table.
From Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion by Mitford, Bertram
