Sentence examples for had been yearning from inspiring English sources

Ashraf, who had been "yearning for martyrdom," did not want to stand in the back, Mr. Hagag said.

Forster had been yearning to write this kind of love story for years, but he was justifiably apprehensive.

Turnbull acknowledged Muslims as an integral part of the "Australian family", saying words they had been yearning to hear.

He is enthralled, then disillusioned, then — years later — triumphantly makes the connection he had been yearning for all his life.

It claimed that Tibetans had been "yearning for decades" for the rail link to Lhasa, and showed Tibetans singing, in Mandarin, of their love for the Chinese motherland.

Nimura left the Yankees to join the Rangers because they offered him the chance to do some work in baseball operations, which he had been yearning to do.

Apple customers have been yearning for it for years.

Find out if she has been yearning to play Mr. Mistoffelees all along.

This is the kind of change that Nigeria has been yearning for.

I think my body and my soul have been yearning to shoot.

And, of course, Cristiano: the fans have been yearning for his return.