Collocations for yearning - noun

deep, desperate, great, passionate
nostalgic, romantic, wistful
spiritual

feel, have
find yourself
I found myself yearning for the end to come.

express
satisfy

with (a) yearning
He looked at her with yearning.

yearning after
He felt a great yearning after his old job.

yearning for
They had a deep yearning for their homeland.