desperate yearning

Frequency: 6.05.1 per million words

an urgent and almost hopeless feeling of wanting something

yearningADJECTIVE + YEARNING

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desperate

Examples (10)

  • She felt a desperate yearning for her estranged family.
  • His poetry often expressed a desperate yearning for freedom.
  • After years abroad, he had a desperate yearning to return home.
  • The children showed a desperate yearning for affection and attention.
  • A desperate yearning for peace filled the hearts of many.
  • She couldn't shake off the desperate yearning to achieve her dreams.
  • The character's desperate yearning for revenge drove the plot.
  • There was a desperate yearning in his eyes as he spoke of his past.
  • Despite the difficulties, her desperate yearning for success never wavered.
  • The song conveyed a desperate yearning for a lost love.