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yearn
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Kit's Wilderness
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- But I could feel that his grip was also a way of clinging to me, that his eyes were also filled with yearning.†
p. 22.7 *yearning = strongly desiring; or a strong desire
- I recalled the desperation that could be felt within his violent grip, the yearning that could be seen in his violent eyes.†
p. 28.9
- I felt the violence in his grip begin to overcome the yearning in his eyes.†
p. 44.9
- She watched us both with yearning eyes.†
p. 50.7
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)