All 3 Uses of
yearn
in
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Then her conscience reproached her, and she yearned to say something kind and loving; but she judged that this would be construed into a confession that she had been in the wrong, and discipline forbade that.†
Chpt 3yearned = strongly desired
- He knew that a yearning glance fell upon him, now and then, through a film of tears, but he refused recognition of it.†
Chpt 3 *yearning = strongly desiring; or a strong desire
- So they played Robin Hood all the afternoon, now and then casting a yearning eye down upon the haunted house and passing a remark about the morrow's prospects and possibilities there.†
Chpt 26
Definition:
have a strong desire -- often for something difficult or impossible to have