hunger

Example Sentences

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She is allowed weekly visits to Duannis, who has staged several hunger strikes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

Covid set back the fight against hunger worldwide.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

My father spent the 1970s selling hunger to America: soda, waffles, chips, anything that promised satisfaction in 30 seconds flat.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

The drought also affected a vast stretch of land across East Africa, leaving some 26 million people "facing extreme hunger" in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia, according to humanitarian organisation Oxfam.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

“A ghost is a hunger, one so strong it outlives the body.”

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny