hunger
Example Sentences
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The first was emotional eating, in which people eat to cope with negative feelings instead of physical hunger.
From Science Daily • May 7, 2026
Building up a man whose appetite, whose isolation, whose just general hunger to dominate, making that character and then giving him this one lifeline to humanity in Vanessa — that’s all calculated.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
Both have "declared a hunger strike, though they are continuing to drink water," it added.
From Barron's • May 2, 2026
The UN World Food Programme estimates that the combined fallout from the Middle East conflict could push 45 million additional people into acute hunger in 2026.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
It was worth the hunger to have wings, the only thing she’d ever wanted, even when her heart still beat.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
Vocabulary lists containing hunger
Nutrition - Introductory
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Nutrition - Middle School
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Nutrition - High School
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