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Definition of "yearner" []

  • Someone who yearns (noun)

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Use "yearner" in a sentence
  • "Leonard, in his 30s, can be charming enough to pass himself off as an integrated personality, and his dilemma would seem to be a familiar one -- how to choose between an alluring neurotic with a drug habit (Gwyneth Paltrow's Michelle, who lives in his building), and an attractive, earnest yearner (Vinessa Shaw's Sandra) who thinks she loves him."
  • "He was not the yearner: he was the artist, sure of his vision."
  • "But he is really a conservative, a yearner after the good old days."