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

Enjoying heavy rotation on MTV on the wings of “Dancing with Myself” and “White Wedding,” his audience hungered for more.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2024

But while she hungered for education, academic strictures rarely suited her, and her methods, ahead of their time, struck many university gatekeepers as too unorthodox.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2023

That crisis-management savvy, clear agenda and now fragmented conservative opposition has put Francis in a position to make the changes his supporters have so hungered for.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2023

Newspapers were more valuable to political prisoners than gold or diamonds, more hungered for than food or tobacco; they were the most precious contraband on Robben Island.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela