All 5 Uses
yearn
in
Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison
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- He was rapidly approaching a part of the road where the music could not follow, when he saw, like a scene on the back of a postcard, a picture of where he was headed—his own home; his wife's narrow unyielding back; his daughters, boiled dry from years of yearning; his son, to whom he could speak only if his words held some command or criticism.†
Chpt 1yearning = strongly desiring; or a strong desire
- Her teeth were on edge with the yearning.†
Chpt 5 *
- Or a yearning to be surrounded by strangers.†
Chpt 7
- Looking at Milkman in those nighttime talks, they yearned for something.†
Chpt 10yearned = strongly desired
- Names they got from yearnings, gestures, flaws, events, mistakes, weaknesses.†
Chpt 15yearnings = strong desires
Definitions:
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(1)
(yearn) have a strong desire -- often for something difficult or impossible to have
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)