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Redmayne plays a creep; Henry, a yearner; Keoghan, a simpleton.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2023

A natural ecstatic, he was also a chronic depressive: not a passive shut-down case, but a lamenter and yearner.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2010

Of course," said the yearner for pastures new, "he's caretaker of the inn.

From Seven Keys to Baldpate by Biggers, Earl Derr

The Young Hungarian Nobleman, whose remittances have been stopped by the war, is reminiscent of the original yearner for the idyllic life.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 2nd, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

O thou yearner after the Kingdom of God!

From Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas by `Abdu'l-Bahá