Sentence examples for common yearning from inspiring English sources

People around the world share a common yearning for the same irrational objects.

(J. K. Rowling's recent exercise in pseudonymity suggests that this may be a common yearning in famous writers).

City Year participants are united, as keynote speaker Sen. Bill Bradley, D-N.J., noted, over a common "yearning for something that is deeper than the material". City Year participants address this desire for service both by working for their community and by working to better themselves in the process.

This eclectic mix of 40- and 50-somethings shared a common yearning for something new at this stage of their lives.

Centuries of warfare drenched in blood and a common yearning for a more civilized world where would-be aggressors are checked by the rule of law must compel us to act, responsibly and swiftly.

These parties would make up a quarter of the populist intake, and even a common yearning for sovereignty is a pretty weak bond when put within the context of the left-populists lining up in the voting lobbies alongside, say, the Austrian Freedom Party, founded by a literal Nazi.

That show focuses on real workers at the companies, but its appeal is that of ancient mythology and folk tales, feeding the all-too-common yearning of humble folk who believe that if only the boss, the sultan or the czar knew how bad things really were, he would step in and fix it.

These businesses have in common a yearning for brand names.

Wynns calls it "finding your inner mermaid," and she is sure that this is a much more common spiritual yearning than we realize.

What the osteopath and the window cleaner have in common is yearning, not so much for what they've lost but for what their anxieties tell them they're about to lose.

Common Bonds of Yearning.