hungered

Example Sentences

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

From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026

But beneath the bravado lies a wounded child — the boy who yearned for approval, who hungered for his father’s love but never got it.

From Salon • May 6, 2024

When she finally felt like she was making decent money doing the news, she still hungered to get into sports.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2024

For years, while Vietnam was under a U.S. embargo, people hungered in the way that many Afghans now hunger.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2022

Most of the time I was happy not to have to bother with food, but tonight I hungered for a mouthful of pasta, steaming hot, drowned in sauce, dusted with Parmesan.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn