How to use "yearn" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "yearn" in popular movie and book plots

  • She bitterly forebodes that just like she longs for her husband, Kashi, too, will yearn for Bajirao.  - Bajirao Mastani
  • However, his efforts work against him, as he begins to yearn for his own childhood dreams of marine biology.  - TGS Hates Women
  • Fate brings them back together again and this time, it’s as if nothing can hold back what their hearts yearn for.  - All My Life (2004 film)
  • The two fall in love and they both yearn for Kurath's release.  - Die Konsequenz
  • The dragons begin to yearn to find their way to the lost Elderling city of Kelsingra, or die trying.  - Dragon Keeper
  • Noriglade and Arthmael yearn to escape to Alteeda.  - Jatta (novel)
  • Alice just wants to go home, as she and Chloe, in their new apartment, yearn for the way things used to be ("Home").  - Wonderland (musical)
  • Who knows if a book may not yearn for other books, its companions of many years, in some way strange to us and therefore never yet perceived.  - Auto-da-Fé (novel)
  • When Natalia, his childhood crush, returns from a stint studying abroad, Jorge begins to yearn for something better.  - Dark Blue Almost Black
  • In Armenian, “Garod” means yearning which is what Casard does the rest of her life: yearn for an Armenia which no longer exists.  - Rise the Euphrates
  • Meanwhile, Nagarajan and Manohari yearn for a child as the former has now become impotent due to his excessive libido.  - Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri
  • The five boys yearn to grow older faster and dream about a place outside of their small town.  - Buenos Aires 100 Kilómetros
  • Given papa's ways, the two kids feel a bit shackled, and yearn constantly for the good life.  - Shanti Shanti Shanti
  • He always like to try out new things and yearn for changes but he harbours no great ambition.  - Portrait of Home
  • The glory days of the Skonnan Empire are long since past, but many of its citizens and soldiers yearn for conquest.  - The Horns of Nimon
  • He now reaches East into the Orient, to find new lords who yearn to sample the dark powers.  - Mace: The Dark Age

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