hungered

Example Sentences

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Election administrators in many states have long hungered for better access to federal information on citizenship status.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2026

That added to a quasi “gold rush” among investors who understandably hungered for a piece of the action.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026

Their movement had hungered for this moment for years, but now, after Oct.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2024

This was a powerful tonic for the mass of Chinese peasants, who hungered for land reform.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Even as a little girl she hungered for learning as a child does for cookies in the late afternoon.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck