Had a longing

Usage examples of yearned.

The energies which they yearned intensely to combine were dampened by the dominance.

And yet, Simeon had the greater share of her time, her company, the sight and sound of her that Amos himself yearned for.

As Asedow yearned for the seat of Mage of the South, Potria craved Iranika's hoard of magical devices.

But knowing that they could be interrupted at any time inhibited Killashandra's response, even as she yearned for more.

Above all other considerations, Sallah yearned to set herself down in one place and stay there for the rest of her natural life.

Even after the thrumming of the great drums in the tower had ceased, the cadences played ring-a-round in his head and inhibited the sleep he yearned for.

The man had an uncanny instinct for which dragon might be failing in strength or losing his flame, or which rider might not be as courageous as he ought in following Thread out of path, but S'peren did not covet the Leadership half as much as his Clioth yearned to mate with Orlith.

And though he yearned to tell his mother, he knew she was busy with lessons this afternoon.

That his first - and only -child would be sweet and docile instead of the curious, interested, clever, tall, fine straight child he had yearned for!

Every nerve in F'nor's body yearned to go to their rescue, but Canth repeated his warning.

He can even help us revive corrective surgical procedures, which you know I have yearned to do.

He resented being roused from much-needed rest and yearned to go back to sleep.

With atypical zeal, F'lessan yearned to complete the history of Honshu itself as accurately as pos­sible: who had lived there, when they had left, where they had gone, and why.

Already she was bored, and she yearned for her manuscript, but she'd been afraid to risk losing it, so she had left it behind.

But while she had desperately yearned to be away from the Major, she didn't want to run now.