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Yearned meaning

simple past and past participle of yearn

Using Yearned

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of yearn
  • In the example corpus, yearned often appears in combinations such as: yearned for, yearned to, he yearned.

Context around Yearned

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Yearned

  • In this selection, "yearned" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, long, mind and snowball stand out and add context to how "yearned" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a snowball yearned to be and added she yearned to reside. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "yearned" sits close to words such as aditi, aegon and aerobics, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with yearned

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Facing down fear and doing what one has yearned to do feels pretty momentous. (14 words)

After two of Trump’s Supreme Court nominations — — Democrats have yearned to reshape into the court. (16 words)

There's fun in this outlandishness, but I yearned for more glop and grossness, something more daring. (17 words)

Way back in 2018, Mr Arora had big plans for B&M, dreaming of it becoming as common as Aldi and Lidl are in the home store area - he yearned for it to be everyone's go-to place for furniture. (41 words)

The tale, repeated in Hawaiian families over generations, speaks of a chief who yearned to court Poliahu but was stopped by her attendants guarding the sacred mountaintop — the abode of the gods, cradle of creation and gateway to the divine. (40 words)

June 12 has come and gone: it had been so for decades, and one by one, the military officers accused of the so-called phantom coups languished in muted expectations as they yearned for the magnanimity of the incumbent president. (40 words)

Example sentences (20)

A message dear to his heart, one he yearned to convey to his loved ones, revolves around the clarity he has found in his purpose through his work.

Here at LSU, several presidents and most of the faculty have long yearned to replace our decrepit, leaking and crumbling 65-year-old library.

He said as much on commentary last week; Bron showed him that special thing which he yearned for anyone in NXT to display.

However, the author's ingenious mind yearned for something more—a unifying, abhorrent presence that would serve as the epitome of horror, an entity so repulsive and loathsome that its mere sight would elicit screams of terror.

There's fun in this outlandishness, but I yearned for more glop and grossness, something more daring.

The tale, repeated in Hawaiian families over generations, speaks of a chief who yearned to court Poliahu but was stopped by her attendants guarding the sacred mountaintop — the abode of the gods, cradle of creation and gateway to the divine.

The teenager did not divulge much about her parents but added she yearned to reside with them.

The third child, Ralf, concocted a tale in which a snowball yearned to be indoors sitting in a warm armchair and sipping a pina colada no less, but instead is destined to remain outside in the cold.

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Having yearned to work for Caledonian MacBrayne as a youngster, he ended up leaving North Uist for a job in Glasgow.

June 12 has come and gone: it had been so for decades, and one by one, the military officers accused of the so-called phantom coups languished in muted expectations as they yearned for the magnanimity of the incumbent president.

Nick yearned to do something special or be somebody unique, not so much for himself, but to honor the memories of his parents and grandmother, but unfortunately that was not to be for the hardworking good-hearted boy.

The inimitable Laniece Fagundes, a fixture at CRT productions, says Judas is a role she has long yearned to play.

Way back in 2018, Mr Arora had big plans for B&M, dreaming of it becoming as common as Aldi and Lidl are in the home store area - he yearned for it to be everyone's go-to place for furniture.

After two of Trump’s Supreme Court nominations — — Democrats have yearned to reshape into the court.

Facing down fear and doing what one has yearned to do feels pretty momentous.

I yearned for another adventure and hit on the idea of writing a series of articles about the Chinese military.

Dr. Horace Alexis, founder and chairman of the Black Canadian Scholarship Fund, yearned to help young people reach their full potential, thanks to his experiences in Canada.

In exchange, China’s aging leaders have gotten the stable society they yearned for during the upheavals of Mao Zedong’s time in power.

Last year she said that she remained financially dependent on Marco and still yearned for a divorce.

Most of us are hopefully aware that the kind of past yearned for by fascists is pure fiction.

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Common combinations with yearned

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "yearned" in a sentence?
An example: "A message dear to his heart, one he yearned to convey to his loved ones, revolves around the clarity he has found in his purpose through his work." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "yearned" from authentic English texts.
What does "yearned" mean?
Yearned means: simple past and past participle of yearn
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