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Definition
have a strong desire — often for something difficult or impossible to have
- He had no glimpse of the comradeship after which the girl's soul yearned.Chapter 15 (50% in)
- They had gathered round George, who beckoned, she felt, over the rubbish, the sloppy thoughts, the furtive yearnings that were beginning to cumber her soul.Chapter 16 (44% in)
There are no more uses of "yearn" in A Room With A View.
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