Nonetheless, state officials said completion of the project would be an enormous boon to Hartford, which has long yearned to spice up city life and attract visitors.

I have yearned long for this moment, meanwhile ignoring insults and indignities as befits a knight of chivalry.

Mr. Mufson, who has been going to the Berkshires since childhood, has long yearned to buy a house there.

She has long yearned to reclaim her real identity.

It is remarked that he has long yearned to initiate the phosphorescent glow produced by tree stumps, at which he has evidently marvelled.

Now that he has the job he has long yearned for, Lopes takes command of a team that has not produced a winning record since 1992.

I have long yearned for this meeting - even before the king my father's passing.

He is expecting a man with a treasure, a casket containing certain items he has long yearned to possess.

Photography has long yearned for the opportunity to be big like its older brother.

The pope, who turned 80 in May, has long yearned to visit Russia.