English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "hunker" is om 'n sterk begeerte na iets te hê, om na iets te smag of gretig te wil hê. Dit kan ook beteken om 'n sterk behoefte of verlange na iets te voel.

Sentence Examples

  1. Most commonly my dwelling is the hollow of a cork tree large enough to shelter this miserable body the herdsmen and goatherds who frequent these mountains, moved by compassion, furnish me with food, leaving it by the wayside or on the rocks, where they think I may perhaps pass and find it and so, even though I may be then out of my senses, the wants of nature teach me what is required to sustain me, and make me crave it and eager to take it.
  2. Then I lie still, unable to shake myself free of the anguish, as though through all those years of feeling neglected, I rejected him in retaliation to protect my heart, and now that he is gone I crave a chance to make amends.
  3. To show you that I never forgot what it means to kneel before a goddess like you, to offer up the blood and pain and darkness you crave.
  4. Yet you crave it like a drug until you are hopelessly addicted to it and eventually, believe your own legend.
  5. I, too, crave a more sustainable tourism, one not riven by overdevelopment.
  6. The first stroke only managed to make her aching core crave more, and the renewed spark of pain his teeth inspired in her breast only made that need crescendo.