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Yearnings is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Yearnings | Yearning

Yearnings meaning

plural of yearning

Using Yearnings

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of yearning
  • In the example corpus, yearnings often appears in combinations such as: the yearnings, yearnings and, yearnings of.

Context around Yearnings

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 10 middle, 9 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

secret 1× libidinous 1× human 1× needs 1×

Often after:

unleashed 1×

Sentence patterns with Yearnings

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

meet the yearnings and aspirations 2× to the yearnings and aspirations 2× antonia the yearnings and alienation 1× any libidinous yearnings i was 1× assuage their yearnings to serve 1× capture the yearnings of all 1× meet the yearnings and expectations 1× meet the yearnings of nigerians 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

against this backdrop 1× anumudu is a 1× arabi pledged that 1× god bless you 1× he advised sanwo 1× he expressed optimism 1×

Common sentence endings:

of the people 2× a better country 1× a strange culture 1× area or another 1× in the commission 1× intimacy closeness collaboration 1×

Words around Yearnings

Just before it in the word index:

yearning 174 yearnews 3 yearned 43 yearn 66 yearly 831 yearlong 91

Just after it in the word index:

yearns 46 yearold 2 years 108.513 yearsa 2 yearsley 2 yearslong 44

Similar in corpus frequency:

abra 34 accies 34 accommodative 34 acerbic 34 achebe 34 actualise 34

Corpus analysis for Yearnings

  • In this selection, "yearnings" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, secret, libidinous, human and unleashed stand out and add context to how "yearnings" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include meet the yearnings and aspirations and to the yearnings and aspirations. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "yearnings" sits close to words such as abra, accies and accommodative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with yearnings

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

Short example sentences

We are free to act on our pent-up yearnings and ambitions. (12 words)

They desperately seek to deny or pathologies human yearnings for intimacy, closeness, collaboration. (13 words)

The seven fronts aptly capture the yearnings of all Nigerians for a better country. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

My first encounter with him was at his residence in Asaba during the campaigns and subsequently we met at political rallies, where he clearly stood out as a grassroots politician and one sensitive to the yearnings and aspirations of his people. (41 words)

The passage of the South East and North West Development Commission bills have also marked the 10th Senate out as working in the interest of the people of Nigeria to meet their yearnings and aspirations. (35 words)

The Noella Tinubu Foundation, founded by Seyi and his wife Layal started out, as a result of the yearnings of people who always ask the couple for support and help in one area or another. (35 words)

Question examples

Secret yearnings unleashed, ruinous deceits perpetrated, scandalous familial dysfunction displayed…isn’t it astonishing what loneliness can do to a person? (21 words)

Example sentences (20)

Secret yearnings unleashed, ruinous deceits perpetrated, scandalous familial dysfunction displayed…isn’t it astonishing what loneliness can do to a person?

Though, even before any libidinous yearnings, I was still gender-nonconforming, in subtle yet telling ways.

According to him, it met the yearnings and aspirations of the members, in the light of the current happenings in the commission.

The passage of the South East and North West Development Commission bills have also marked the 10th Senate out as working in the interest of the people of Nigeria to meet their yearnings and aspirations.

We feel in “My Antonia” the yearnings and alienation of an immigrant in a strange culture.

He expressed optimism that the country will overcome its current challenges if the right measures are taken to address the people’s yearnings.

The governor assured them that his policies would meet the yearnings and aspirations of the people of the state.

They desperately seek to deny or pathologies human yearnings for intimacy, closeness, collaboration.

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Arabi pledged that the State House would continue to meet the yearnings and expectations of its personnel despite the limited resources within its coffers.

He advised Sanwo-Olu to put in place service-oriented governance that would meet the yearnings and aspirations of the people.

He then called on the people of the state to support his administration to enable it to deliver on its electoral promises to meet up with the yearnings and aspirations of the people.

My first encounter with him was at his residence in Asaba during the campaigns and subsequently we met at political rallies, where he clearly stood out as a grassroots politician and one sensitive to the yearnings and aspirations of his people.

Onaiwu added that the summit was packaged by the PDP Governors Forum because as government could no longer depend on crude oil to meet the yearnings of Nigerians.

The Noella Tinubu Foundation, founded by Seyi and his wife Layal started out, as a result of the yearnings of people who always ask the couple for support and help in one area or another.

The seven fronts aptly capture the yearnings of all Nigerians for a better country.

Against this backdrop, we, therefore, once more thank the Governor for his large heartedness and also for his administration’s responsiveness to the yearnings and aspirations of Rivers people.

Anumudu is a development-minded leader who understands the needs, yearnings and aspirations of our people.

God bless you all as you understand the yearnings of Nigerians and do our bidding to lift the trophy.

He said it would be unfortunate to allow the grievances overshadow the challenges before the country, assuring the aspirants that government would assuage their yearnings to serve the country.

We are free to act on our pent-up yearnings and ambitions.

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Common combinations with yearnings

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

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What does "yearnings" mean?
Yearnings means: plural of yearning
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