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

“Can’t we just, for one night, just all be family?” he pleads, a bit too hungrily.

From Salon • May 2, 2025

But his grandmother Elvire Desir chuckled as he hungrily gulped down his meal.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 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

After they’d sneaked out of the auto junkyard, Beatrice Leep had given Roy a peanut-butter cookie, which he gobbled hungrily.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen