Sentence examples for yearning for glory from inspiring English sources

Meantime, having tired of the routine duties at headquarters and yearning for glory, he pressed Washington for an active command in the field.

He put himself under a harsh light, analyzing his own complex motives: moral passion, opportunism, a yearning for glory and influence.

Both Springsteen and The Sopranos recall the values of another time: whether it's family and honour or the fanciful idea that music can change your life, Tony Soprano and Bruce Springsteen are both yearning for glory days.

I was yearning for the glory days of Le Snack, but I still found satisfaction in LCM Bars.

The Andy Powell saga, the departure of the director of rugby, Tony Hanks, a succession of injuries, a crumbling pack... hoicking Josh Lewsey out of retirement betrayed the collective yearning for former glories.

From his 1996 debut, the shaggy-dog caper "Bottle Rocket," to the animated Roald Dahl adaptation "Fantastic Mr. Fox" (2009), loss and longing have been the cornerstones of his films, which almost invariably concern the melancholic plight of dreamers and depressives, yearning for past glories, vanished innocence, a world that matches the one in their heads.

Part of the message the Iraqi leader is sending with his mosque-building is that he, Saddam Hussein, is the natural leader of an Arab world yearning for past glories under the banner of Islam that fluttered atop the Arab armies that conquered much of the ancient world after the death of the prophet Muhammad in 632.

Lacking redeeming social value and cheesy without the grace of campiness, it makes you yearn for the glory days of "The Dating Game".

Still considered a younger member of the bike community, Timmins told me he yearns for the glory days back when biking was the thing to do, when it was easier to go off the radar for months without the constant presence of society around you.

But while Rutgers and St. John's are still yearning for N.C.A.A. tournament glory — or even appearances — Waters and Jackson have provided show-stopping moments.

Yearning for the manufacturing glory days of yesteryear, American workers were seduced by a sloganeer who promised to "Make America Great Again".