hunger for

Example Sentences

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Anthropic is turning to Amazon.com as it looks to satisfy its hunger for artificial-intelligence compute power, and that’s good news for suppliers to the tech giant’s chip ecosystem.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

Arendt had written her dissertation on St. Augustine, who held curiosity to be dangerous, often tempting one to sin because of an insatiable hunger for one sight after another.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

The rush to build artificial-intelligence data centers across the globe, on the other hand, will increase the hunger for power, and any fuel available.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

The sort of days that make you want to raid Mr. McGregor’s garden not out of greed, but out of hunger for green.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026

When your own life is threatened, your sense of empathy is blunted by a terrible, selfish hunger for survival.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel