Sentence examples for hankering after from inspiring English sources

Known as 'hengpiao' or 'Hengdian drifters' they are the equivalent of the waitresses and waiters hankering after hitting the big time in Hollywood.

Hankering after the academy, yet living on the street.

Sometimes I wonder if I am hankering after that influence.

Hankering after a Himalayan salt plate on which to serve up rock oysters?

"You always said you wanted exposed brick!" "It's the exposed brick you've been hankering after".

Investors are hankering after a return to normal because those were good times for them.

Ms Harman is even hankering after a proper barney, or "some turbulence", as she puts it.

"By the way, those of you hankering after my job?" he said.

Three days later the Doctor and Clara show up, hankering after adventure.

A worthy aim, perhaps, but always leaving you hankering after the originals.

But I was still hankering after the one who had introduced me to Beethoven.