yarn
noun
thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
yarning
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present participleof yarn.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
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
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
While Thomas was yarning and clowning, he kept sternly to his poet's vocation.
From Time Magazine Archive
The present collection of rural yarning is a useful reminder that Caldwell, 57, is one of the best short-story tellers in the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
So we make a tour of the ship—to look at the soldiers, who have finished eating, sitting yarning to one another, while some are already stretched out in the shadow, for sleep.
From Sea and Sardinia by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
