go hungry
Example Sentences
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Will some customers soon have to go hungry?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
At the Golden State Annex in McFarland and at the Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center in Bakersfield, detainees said they spent at least $50 per week on commissary items so they wouldn’t go hungry.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
People were forced to go hungry, choosing between paying for bills or for food, or not eating to ensure children were fed.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026
But a doctor "told me that I needed to remember they are not there to accommodate me... that their only responsibility is to ensure that detainees do not go hungry," she said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026
Although he himself was famished, he refused to let his frog go hungry.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
