always hanker
Frequency: 5.02.1 per million words
To consistently or constantly desire something.
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Examples (10)
- She's always hankering after excitement and adventure.
- Even with his success, he always hankered for the simple life he left behind.
- My grandfather always hankers for the days of his youth.
- Living abroad, I find myself always hankering for my mother's cooking.
- Despite his claims of being content, he always hankers after a more glamorous career.
- As a child, I always hankered for a pony, a dream that never came true.
- The restless artist will probably always hanker for new forms of expression.
- He seemed to be a man who would always hanker after what he couldn't have.
- No matter where she lived, she always hankered for the smell of the sea.
- Why do you always hanker for the past instead of enjoying the present?