yearn
Third Person
yearns
Present Participle
yearning
Past Tense
yearned
Past Participle
yearned
1
to have a strong and continuous desire for something
transitive
- She yearns for the freedom to pursue her passions.
- He yearns for a sense of purpose in his life.
- They yearn for acceptance and understanding from others.
- We yearn for a world where everyone is treated with kindness.
- The artist yearns to create work that resonates with people.
2
to strongly wish for something or someone that is absent or out of reach
- She yearned for the company of her childhood friends who now lived far away.c
- I yearned for the taste of homemade cooking while living in a dormitory during college.
- She yearns for the comfort of her childhood home every time she visits her parents.
- He yearned for the warmth of his mother's embrace during times of sadness.
3
to feel deep sympathy or a strong desire to help or care for someone
- She yearned over her sick dog, wishing it could get better.
- The parents yearned over their child as he left for college.
- She yearned over the children in need, wishing she could do more.
- They yearned over the garden they had worked so hard to create.