May 29, 2026

yearn

/jəːn/verb

To long for something deeply.

Example sentence

“She yearned to see her family again after two years overseas.”

Takes 'for' or an infinitive: 'yearn for home', 'yearn to travel'. Literary; in speech people 'long for' things.

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