You'd be surprised how many men have a secret yen for a good tongue-lashing.

Staid old rule-following Galeni seemed unconscious of his lady's secret yen for a little romantic idiocy.

Also on the bill is Luna, a terrific Velvet Underground-worshiping rock band with a secret yen for Axl Rose.

If you read between the lines, you begin to suspect that Wagner has a secret yen to wear a professor's robes and sit as king of the roost in Faustus' study.

Even the town sheriff, File, for whom she harbors a secret yen, will not take a chance on plain Lizzie.

One of our women, to be precise, with a secret yen for sable, silk and sapphires.

"You don't understand," David almost shouted, "you still speak of her; she isn't a girl, she isn't a-or maybe you have a secret yen for men?"

AIDS and yuppiehood are just beyond the horizon, as witnessed by the way Ben Affleck's character voices a secret yen to get into real estate law.

As a baseball fan, I was appalled by the cynicism with which Hillary suddenly declared her secret yen for the Yankees.

He nurtured a secret yen for large women and wondered if . . . perhaps . . . "I would appreciate it if you would not stare at my chest," Foss said.