hungry
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And if all that browsing makes you hungry and you spot Tom’s Smokehouse food truck, get the brisket.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
"Now we are stranded here, hungry, with nothing to eat," she added.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Peter the Great’s Westernizing reforms had only produced “enlightened slaves,” the worst of which were the chinovniki, petty bureaucrats: “uneducated, hungry, fit only for ‘service,’ familiar only with official forms.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
“And obviously it’s a young, hungry team out there. Came out last night swinging the bats, so it’d be nice to put up a zero, get a lead, and go from there.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Because if she was hungry, she really ought to eat.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
This means we all respond differently to exercise in terms of how many calories we burn or whether a workout makes us feel hungrier later in the day.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
Not only do sugar spikes contribute to the long-term development of metabolic disease, it can also leave you hungrier by midmorning than if you had eaten nothing at all.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 21, 2026
Djokovic grew up in war-torn Serbia and has spoken about how his turbulent childhood made him hungrier for success.
From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026
The staffing shortage meant her wait ended up being much longer—and hungrier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
“You said the hunger would go away in a few days, but I’m hungrier than ever,” he said.
From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin
“All of us, from the wealthiest and most powerful of men to the weakest and hungriest of children, share one precious possession: the name American.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
The honeybees that Tsuruda studied decreased foraging during the eclipse, as they usually would at night, except for those from the hungriest hives.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
If we know we are no longer sending our best players out against the world, can we at least go back to sending our hungriest?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
I rejected meatloaf when I was at my hungriest, sealed my lips shut when my mother tried to shove it in my toddler mouth back in the 80s.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2023
Their flesh was firm and sweet and would fill even the hungriest stomach.
From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith
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