How to Use hanker in a Sentence

hanker

verb

• By the middle of the winter, they were hankering for a warm day.
• Some days even the dog that always wanted more of you seems to hanker for more space.
  — Rekha Basu, Star Tribune, 29 July 2020
• Being in the Windy City this fall may leave you numb—or hankering for a drink.
  — Will Gordon, Esquire, 4 Oct. 2017
• Sam Clemmett’s been hankering to be a part of the Bridgerton world.
  — Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 8 May 2023
• The classic perception of posh old men in red trousers hankering for the good old days misses the point.
  — Luke McGee, CNN, 6 July 2019
• Has there been a classic Sondheim role he’s been hankering to do?
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023
• If ever there was a fish with a hankering for life in the slow lane, Pacific rockfish would fill the bill.
  — Mike Campbell, Alaska Dispatch News, 4 Aug. 2017
• But Chinese consumers hanker after more than just the meat.
  — Luciana Magalhaes, WSJ, 7 Apr. 2018
• The bad news for any team hankering to take swings in that bandbox is, well, [gestures at the section about Verlander and Cole and Greinke].
  — Jon Tayler, SI.com, 26 Sep. 2019
• Time Sports The slow pace of the winter meetings left plenty a fan hankering for more trade and signing action.
  — Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2017
• Gad is approaching that hankering for new things with humor and heart, and in a way that finds middle ground for kids and their parents and guardians.
  — Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2024
• Americans were stuck at home, hankering for more space — and had the extra cash to buy their first homes or upgrade to larger ones.
  — Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
• Delaware Dover: The deadline is nigh for anyone hankering to be the state’s chief justice.
  — USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2019
• Mrs May is a 1950s Tory who hankers after a more homogenous Britain.
  — The Economist, 3 May 2018
• Even those not joining family and friends for a feast seem to hanker for the traditional flavors of the day, said McCabe.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Nov. 2019
• The storefront's window displays have been cleaned out, as customers hankering for a Knudsen's treat pull in and out of the parking lot in dismay.
  — Aleanna Siacon, Detroit Free Press, 4 May 2018
• Here’s hoping our children and grandchildren will be smarter the next time the Broncos come around, with a hankering to build a new stadium.
  — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2019
• People still hanker to go out at night, so the challenge for night mayors is to make their cities safer and more inviting destinations.
  — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2023
• Gaunt and weather-beaten, the 32-year-old Raulino is hankering for a cigarette, coffee, and a meal.
  — Deanna Pan, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2019
• West Valley residents hankering to play blackjack near home won't have to wait much longer.
  — Jen Fifield, azcentral, 19 Nov. 2019
• Sweaty, tired and hankering for something to eat other than trail mix, the final leg of a hike — the light at the end of the tunnel — holds the promise of relief, celebration and maybe a cold beer.
  — Mare Czinar, azcentral, 24 Apr. 2020
• Prime Day is also a great time to buy anything you’ve been hankering after that Amazon itself makes.
  — Mike Murphy, Quartz, 12 July 2019
• Southeast Asian ministers aren’t the only ones to be hankering after a piece of the billion-dollar tour.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Mar. 2024
• Historic and lovely Rosecrans is not the only closed cemetery that people hanker for.
  — sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 May 2017
• With their second daughter packing off for college this fall, a couple in their early 50s hankered for a whole new lifestyle.
  — courant.com, 1 Aug. 2019
• They were rewarded with bellies full of chicken and a hankering for raw kale and Pepto-Bismol.
  — Jenn Harrisstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2020
• Romelu Lukaku, the league’s top scorer who is reportedly hankering for a return to Chelsea, huffed and puffed but failed his audition.
  — Peter Berlin, SI.com, 30 Apr. 2017
• Clearly, Dixon isn’t the only IndyCar driver with a hankering for fast food.
  — Michael Marot, The Denver Post, 22 May 2017
• Dani Bell was a British copywriter who hankered for her own marketing startup.
  — Clive Thompson, Wired, 19 May 2020
• That still wasn't enough to satisfy Americans' hankering for slow-cooked brisket.
  — Sarah Min, CBS News, 2 Aug. 2019

Last Updated: 29 Nov 2024