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yearning
Part of speech: Noun Part of speech: AdjectiveStrong emotions of desire, tenderness, or pity; state of being moved with a longing desire.
Usage examples "yearning":- While yet it was in my power to return to those parents whom I deserted in my boyhood, I thought not of repentance; and now that they must be but too surely lost to me, my yearning towards them is of no avail. - "Antonina", Wilkie Collins.
- Tell your sister I have waited until my yearning wish to see her is wearing my life away. - "Dora Thorne", Charlotte M. Braeme.
- And how could he explain the yearning of his heart for the great heart of the Mother- church? - "Audrey Craven", May Sinclair.