Meaning of Hankering | Babel Free

Definitions

A strong, restless desire, longing, or mental inclination.

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Examples

“I found that he had dipped a little in chimerical studies and had a hankering after astrology and alchymy.”

“Mr. Hall thinks he has no personal hatred of Moore; he says he even likes to talk⟳ to him, and run⟳ after him, but he has a hankering that he should be made an example of.”

“But there was one yet - the biggest, the most blank, so to speak⟳ - that I had a hankering after.”

“"Some people are fond of a stay-at-home life, but I always had a hankering after adventures."”

““It looks wrong to me. But I have⟳ a hankering to work⟳ the thing out on my own⟳. […]””

“In other words, some species of human ancestor […] not only had a hankering for meat, which scientists had not expected, but used tools to get⟳ it.”

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