verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All very contemporary, but I found myself hankering for the crisp definition of the old Frederick Austin arrangement.
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At the age of four, she could read fast and well and she naturally began hankering after books.
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By the time the three-quarters mark of the set screeches past, you're almost hankering after some form of relief.
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I had certainly found the rural setting I had been hankering after.
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Or how about the faint chirp prodding you to invent an ugly doll with a hankering for tickles?