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?