hanker in English

verb

1

feel a strong desire for or to do something.

his wife accused him of hankering after adultery

synonyms: yearn, long, crave, desire, wish, want, hunger, thirst, lust, ache, pant, be eager, be desperate, be eating one's heart out, fancy, pine, be dying, have a yen, itch

verb

• yearn, long, crave, desire, wish, want, hunger, thirst, lust, ache, pant, be eager, be desperate, be eating one's heart out, fancy, pine, be dying, have a yen, itch
• yearn, long

Use "hanker" in a sentence

1. We all hanker for peace.

2. I don't hanker after squirrel meat.

3. Whatever Boys hanker girls VS girls hanker boys, love is upmost. If only the two love each other, it is enough.Sentencedict

4. Sometimes they, they just, uh, hanker for a little competition.

5. Personality: what you like? what is your hobby? hanker for it.

6. For those who hanker after extraterrestrial life that is a pity.

7. Even after all these years, I still hanker for a motorbike.

8. This wet summer makes him hanker after a holiday in the sun.

9. This wet summer makes me hanker after a holiday in the sun.

10. I hanker after a corner because It'serves to bring calmness to my mind.

11. But no , they won't. They still hanker after what they know is gone.

12. He has not learned to despise the dust, and to hanker after gold.

13. If you hanker for the great outdoors, it would be hard to beat Switzerland.

14. They hanker for the climate, the friendly slower-paced lifestyle and lack of congestion ... and a new start at

15. Of course, you might live perfectly happily together but you might also hanker for your lost independence.

16. Butteries can be eaten dry (without anything spread on them), spread with butter (just in case you really hanker after an early coronary, even if the rolls do then taste splendid) or spread with jam or honey etc