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Discover LudwigThe word "hankering" is correct and usable in written English
It means to have a strong desire for something. Example sentence: John had a hankering for a pepperoni pizza after his long and tiring day.
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She had a deft bedside manner with audience members, and since English viewers hankering for a leftwing alternative can't vote SNP, perhaps it doesn't matter that their leader outshone her.
And even more terrifying, I hear rumours that he's hankering to be the next PM.
The editorial said perpetrators had "developed distorted values and indulged themselves, hankering after cash and a life of luxury, so they were easily targeted by foreign intelligence services".
But young people globally connected and increasingly well-educated want services and housing at home rather than foreign adventures abroad, and if they are not hankering for full-blowell-educated wantservicesnt andreater say.housingcatly thomeevout, rather than the liberal, have been the source oforeignof the kingdom's instadventures
Mr Wahid has always portrayed his opponents as Suharto loyalists hankering for a return to the old dictatorial ways.
Mr Wahid has always portrayed his opponents as Suharto loyalists hankering for a return to the old dictatorial ways Golkar was Mr Suharto's vehicle.
Investors are hankering after a return to normal because those were good times for them.
The Slovak response similarly accuses the Hungarians of hankering for the 19th century: they dominated the region in the Habsburg era.
Mr Foster and Ms Kaplan say that businesses should stop hankering after a mythical golden age, when enterprising firms grew gradually into solid companies in which widows and orphans could safely park their money.
Or are they hankering after a revolution?The Republican Party finds it hard to get the answer right because it has just undergone a revolution of its own.
If he is proved right, it will be seen by the BJP as an endorsement of its Hindutva (Hinduness) policy.Criticised for appearing to stoke the riots up instead of damping them down, Mr Modi has been hankering after elections since April, when the killings, rapes and burning of homes were in full spate.
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