hungering

Example Sentences

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Her own audience, primed to look for conspiracy theories in the wake of a high-profile murder, had been hungering for Owens to challenge the widely accepted version of events.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026

Actors from all ranks are clearly hungering for the kind of substance and freedom that the stage can uniquely provide.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2025

“Mr. Kennedy is the one person who has the qualities that can bring about the unity that most Americans are hungering for,” Mr. Kucinich said.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2023

It has also served as a watershed moment for the business-news landscape, making a group of internet influencers go-to sources for people hungering for news of FTX and SBF, as Bankman-Fried is known.

From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2023

But, of course, it was my body, hungering, biding its time against the tyranny of my spirit.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez