All 3 Uses of
yearn
in
Lord of the Flies
- He turned to the twins, yearning but hopeless.
p. 101.0yearning = having a strong desire
- His lips were tightly compressed and his eyes yearned beneath the fringe of hair.
p. 107.7yearned = strongly desired
- He yearned for a bed and sheets—but the only whiteness here was the slow spilt milk, luminous round the rock forty feet below, where Piggy had fallen.
p. 190.6 *
Definition:
have a strong desire -- often for something difficult or impossible to have