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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."