express a yearning

Frequency: 6.25.9 per million words

to communicate or show one's feeling of yearning

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Examples (10)

  • She couldn't help but express a yearning for her childhood home.
  • His poetry often expresses a deep yearning for peace.
  • In his eyes, you could see a silent yearning for freedom.
  • The song beautifully expressed a universal yearning for connection.
  • Through her art, she sought to express a profound yearning for understanding.
  • Many refugees express a constant yearning for their lost homeland.
  • He began to express a strong yearning for adventure.
  • Their conversations frequently expressed a shared yearning for simpler times.
  • Even as an adult, she would often express a wistful yearning for her grandmother's cooking.
  • The interview subject struggled to express a complex yearning for a life unlived.