Yearn
Definition of yearn:
part of speech: verb
To feel a longing, or extreme tenderness.
part of speech: adverb
YEARNINGLY.
part of speech: verb
Usage examples for yearn:
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But your blamed old tractor gives me a durned lot more substance than I yearn for.
"The Desert Fiddler", William H. Hamby. -
Then blow, ye winds, for my swift return; Let the tempest roar o'er the main; Let the billows yearn and the lightning burn; They will hasten me home again.
"The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems", H. L. Gordon. -
You cannot yearn towards cruelty and woe, for you have aided and protected me!
"Antonina", Wilkie Collins. -
I yearn to go back there.
"The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly", Charles James Lever.