Definition of "yearns" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of yearn. (verb)

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• "Where Valentin yearns to "discuss ideas, to perfect my very soul" at the knee of the great author, the puckish Tolstoy dismisses some of his doctrine's key tenets – like celibacy – much to the puzzlement of his earnest acolyte."
• "But will they ever be more, as Colin yearns to be more?"
• "Obama said the country "yearns" for the sense of solidarity that followed the 9/11 attacks."