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Collocations for "yearning"

Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "yearning" in context.

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yearning

n

a [sailor's, marine's, widower's] yearning (for)
a yearning for [home, love, freedom, peace, more]
a yearning for something [sweet, soft, comfortable]
a yearning for a comfortable [bed, mattress]
a yearning for [fresh, good, quality] food
the [town's, nation's, prisoner's] yearning for
yearning for her [deceased, dead] husband
a yearning to [arrive, leave, return]
a yearning to [discover, explore, find out] the truth
a yearning to [hug, kiss, embrace] her [son, father, child]
felt a yearning for [nature, the mountains, the sea]
an [unrequited, unfulfilled, intense] yearning [for, to]
a yearning stemming from [grief, oppression, greed]

adj

have a yearning desire to [leave, go, see, try, go, do]
have a yearning desire for

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yearn

v

yearn for [her, freedom, romance, success]
[my] heart yearns for you
yearn to [live, be, know, return home]
yearn [desperately, deeply, nostalgically]
yearn with [all my heart]

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'yearning' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

forlorn - quench - undefined

Forum discussions with the word(s) "yearning" in the title:

A strange, <weary yearning> - English Only forum
after my years of yearning ... has - English Only forum
And this gray spirit yearning in desire to follow knowledge like a sinking star (Tennyson) - English Only forum
Anger infused him, a yearning to destroy something - English Only forum
craving,yearning,yen and impulse - English Only forum
"dull" yearning for something - English Only forum
Is "gteatly yearning " OK? - English Only forum
it was yearning to throw itself into the - English Only forum
just the skin that separated him from his yearning self - English Only forum
movie reviewers thrive on our yearning - English Only forum
pining, wanting, yearning, longing - English Only forum
religiously yearning - English Only forum
religiously yearning child of New York City's Little Italy - English Only forum
she found herself yearning for a time when she did as well - English Only forum
tap into a yearning - English Only forum
that cold fact has left me with a yearning restlessness - English Only forum
The projection of our fears and desires, our yearning to matter - English Only forum
to confront the yearning and credulity of our species by the yard - English Only forum
unfufilled yearning for children - English Only forum
Universal human yearning - English Only forum
YEARNING - English Only forum
yearning and wish - English Only forum
yearning has been realized - English Only forum
yearning in them - English Only forum
yearning on the pull-back and hatred in the forward slam - English Only forum
yearning would come true - English Only forum
yearning/ longing - English Only forum

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