How to Use hunger in a Sentence

hunger

1 of 2 noun
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  • She has been a leader in the fight against world hunger.
  • Her students have a genuine hunger for knowledge.
  • One sandwich wasn't enough to satisfy his hunger.
  • Thousands more fell to disease, hunger and abuse in the hellish camp.
    — Bob Drogin, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2023
  • Such is the hunger for sand that, in many parts of the globe, an illicit trade has sprung up.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • There’s a hunger for the drama of rivalries and the chaos of modern life to be brought onto the court.
    — Tim Ellis, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The toll of hunger on the human body is evident from adults to children.
    — Lauren Weber, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Will less talent and more hunger equal a Dodgers World Series?
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
  • In 2020, more than one in five people in Africa faced chronic hunger.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 4 May 2023
  • Farmers in Malawi are left to save themselves from hunger.
    — Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Doug founded Care to Learn in 2008 to meet the health, hunger and hygiene needs of students in the Missouri area.
    — Skyler Trepel, Peoplemag, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Even when the show ended in 2004, the hunger for more misadventures didn’t.
    — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2023
  • The certainty that Ramadan would end, and so would the hunger, made the days easier.
    — Zaina Arafat, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
  • In Africa, climate change has led to more hunger, malaria, dengue fever and flooding, Mr. Taalas said.
    — Jenny Gross, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • When hunger does hit you, have whole foods available like fruits, vegetables and nuts.
    — Mary G. Pepitone, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
  • All of them work to end homelessness and hunger in Washington.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Just the past few years have seen a civil war in Ethiopia; hunger, flooding, and ethnic fighting in South Sudan; and a coup in Chad.
    — Lynsey Chutel, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Apr. 2023
  • There’s also a restaurant at Château de Fontainebleau if hunger hits while exploring the grand rooms and galleries.
    — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 16 Nov. 2023
  • But a prolonged absence from the debate stage would be out of character for Trump, who has long been known for his hunger for the spotlight.
    — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Thank you for food in a world where many know only hunger; For our faith in a world where many know fear; For friends in a world where many know only loneliness.
    — Jorie Nicole McDonald, Southern Living, 7 June 2023
  • As a result, hunger and malnutrition are on the rise again in the developing world.
    — Christopher B. Barrett, Foreign Affairs, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The show’s curator, Maggie Bell, contrasts images of excess in food and drink with those of poverty and hunger.
    — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Our hunger cues are a direct communication of what our body needs—so listen to them, but don't over think it.
    — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 6 May 2023
  • The report warns that more people are now left with no choice but to resort to consuming wild or raw inedible food to cope with hunger.
    — Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The strikes on Ukraine's grain export infrastructure have helped drive up food prices in countries facing hunger.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 21 July 2023
  • Fittingly for a creature with pressing hunger and no time for chit-chat, the big cat’s delivery is terse and prose-poem-like.
    — Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
  • Taken to an extreme, the good deed can become a competition driven by a hunger for success and clicks.
    — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2024
  • And at times the film, roiling with Bernstein's larger-than-life hungers, can feel constrained by its narrative framework.
    — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Most of all, just look at the world’s hunger for entertainment, and especially Disney’s.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Despite growing awareness of the risks posed by extreme climate change, the world’s collective hunger for the black gold has never been higher.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2023
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hunger

2 of 2 verb
  • This is a show about people who are hungering for fame.
    — Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 June 2023
  • Now medicine promises a radical reset: With the right drug, your body will hunger for nothing at all.
    — WIRED, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Elected to lead the biggest city in the nation, Mayor Bill de Blasio often seems to hunger for a brighter spotlight.
    — William Neuman, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2017
  • There’ll always be places like Planet Doom, though, and the people who hunger for that are the people who will most unreservedly love the movie.
    — Mallory Pickett, WIRED, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Ever since the dawn of Jack White, artists who hunger to reassert the power of rock in a rockless age have tended to sound like reactionary young coots.
    — Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2021
  • After the last word, the reader must hunger for more, a sensation that always exists in opposition to the fullness of the work.
    — The Editors, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2017
  • But all seemingly agreed that the Yard Goats have injected pride into a city that has been hungering for a team of its own.
    — Matthew Ormseth, courant.com, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Hoping to make amends, Adonis throws Damian work as a sparring partner for the champ, though his old friend still hungers for the title shot he was denied.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Stranger Things 3 debuted on July 4, which means the bingers are already hungering to know what comes next.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 10 July 2019
  • And Mrs. Clinton simply did not represent change at a moment when a large portion of the electorate hungered for it.
    — Declan Walsh, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2016
  • Someone who sold himself as a common man but hungered to live — above his means, if necessary — like a high roller.
    — Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 20 June 2018
  • Certain readers will hunger as well for sharper and more debatable insights about range management and the West.
    — Nathan Deuel, latimes.com, 10 May 2018
  • Those stories whet the appetites for success of others and inspire them - and all of us - to continue hungering and working for more.
    — Aegis Staff Report, baltimoresun.com, 27 Oct. 2019
  • Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.
    — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 17 July 2019
  • There are those who believe religion needs no experiments to prove its worth, and those who hunger for evidence.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 2 Nov. 2020
  • The serial worrier in me can’t resist issuing a stern caution to those who hunger for the modern-day Transaction Game as much as (or more than) the game itself.
    — Marc Stein, New York Times, 30 June 2018
  • But a screw-up that caused the landmark film to enter the public domain has provided some room for other authors to put their own spin on the undead hungering for human flesh.
    — Eriq Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2018
  • My heart hungered for that intimate encounter with the disappearing ice.
    — Debbi Snook, cleveland.com, 18 Mar. 2018
  • Aimee understood why men had always hungered for Wendi.
    — Elisabeth Egan, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2017
  • Researchers found that classical music had an initial calming effect, but the mutts soon hungered for other tunes.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 15 Jan. 2020
  • But in the days leading up to Christmas, some who hunger for time with relatives are striking deals with family members to hole up in their individual homes.
    — Kevyn Burger Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 13 Dec. 2020
  • This nonchalance, the embrace of obliteration, is the author’s attempt to put her thumb in the eye of white readers who hunger for this kind of sentimental representation.
    — Ismail Muhammad, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2022
  • The liberal sees his virtue in speaking up for the underdog, hungering for social justice, showing a spirit of empathy.
    — Joseph Epstein, WSJ, 31 July 2018
  • For those who hunger for more content, Dungeon Masters Guild provides a combination of things to hold the line until the official book comes out and explorations of more unusual settings.
    — Rob Wieland, Forbes, 28 June 2022
  • This will hit the spot for viewers and possibly awards-bestowing bodies who hunger for stories of audacious, norm-shattering women.
    — Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2022
  • The wedding finale earns its happy tears, its couples palpably hungering for each other.
    — The New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2017
  • The challenge is to strike a balance with the storytelling — keeping the setup simple enough for casual fans to enjoy while providing enough details for hardcore devotees who always hunger for more.
    — Brady MacDonald, latimes.com, 29 July 2017
  • The populace rightly hungers for the most accurate and current information available.
    — Paul Farhi, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Think tankers may have hungered for entitlement reform and valued free trade, but a large group of Republican voters disagreed, and another large group had no strong views on these issues.
    — Ramesh Ponnuru, The Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2017
  • The supercharged mood on that occasion, inside the state’s two biggest fan bases, each of which had hungered so long not just for recognition and respect for their school, but for opportunity, was dynamic.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 July 2023

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