The phrase "are yearned for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express a strong desire or longing for something or someone.
Example: "The opportunities for growth and advancement in this company are yearned for by many employees."
Alternatives: "are longed for" or "are desired".
What to say in the common room... Quote Douglas Adams, who, in The Meaning of Liff, defined Aberystwyth thus: "A nostalgic yearning which is in itself more pleasant than the thing being yearned for".
I think it is yearned for and portrayed in the new music I love.
It is two years since Cleverley's recovery from fitness was yearned for, after his promise on the 2011 pre-season tour made him the next big thing.
According to Marianne Paluso of the Catholic News Agency, Rapunzel, during the scene, "finally sees for herself the wondrous floating lanterns she's yearned to see her entire life".
Bokova and UNESCO implicitly cast doubt on Netanyahu's claim that Israel alone could be trusted to be custodians of such holy places, and that Jerusalem is holiest to Jews because it was most yearned for — "turned to," sung to, "prayed toward" — and that yearning gets you sovereignty.
Bodily functions get a good workout in the show -- one character is fond of blowing his nose into his fingers and using it as hair tonic -- and sexuality, both homo- and hetero-, is heartily yearned for in the randiest fashion.
The idea of a comfortable life is both yearned for and reviled.
Aside from Zoolander 2 and Seriously Dude, Where's My Car?, no sequel can have been more yearned for than this.
What the critics say: "Philomena is something yearned for and lusted after by film-makers and journalists alike - a really good story.
Adaptive change keeps organizations healthy, much more so than the big idea, which rarely happens and is often yearned for so that people don't have to do the hard work of constantly adjusting to new realities.
