hungrily

Example Sentences

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That’s where market behemoths, who have been feasting on small competitors for decades, begin to hungrily eye one another’s total addressable markets.

From Barron's • Dec. 4, 2025

It’s packed with jagged guitar lines and fiery melodies that nip hungrily at your earlobes.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2024

During filming, Gandolfini hungrily eyed the onion rings on the table before him — but was not allowed to eat them until multiple takes had been completed.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2024

In the meantime, I'll be hungrily scanning the shelves of my local thrift stores for any loose E-Meters, gripping my iFixit screwdriver like it's a fork waiting to tear apart a steak.

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2023

He ate the stale grey bread hungrily, but not the meat.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien