How to pronounce yearning
Listen to yearning in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“yearning” in real sentences
330 clips in the index · 38 American · 15 British · 8 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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that that yearning for meaning, that yearning for purpose, that yearning for the divine.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
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But this yearning for Zion.
Dept of Justice · hear it here
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of me, that was yearning for attention, that was yearning for connection and really wanted to
TED · hear it here
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The yearning for improvement is omnipresent.
Oxford Union · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of yearning. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.