hungry
Example Sentences
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Once back in Chicago, I realized I had two immediate cravings: I wanted to sit outside, and I was hungry in the way people become hungry after spending several days in someone else’s kitchen.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
As a précis to a larger, more scholarly work, it lacks the depth and historical context that many enthusiasts of classical drama may be hungry for.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Three-and-a-half-thousand hungry Alsatians wolf down platters of charcuterie and periodically burst into noisy chorus.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
All Wall Street needs to sell SpaceX stock to a hungry public is a semi-plausible narrative.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
“You must be hungry, seeing as you were trying to eat those apples. Have some sludge.”
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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