hungered

Example Sentences

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Election administrators in many states have long hungered for better access to federal information on citizenship status.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2026

That added to a quasi “gold rush” among investors who understandably hungered for a piece of the action.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026

Only those who hungered for true love, like Seong-hun, had made the cut.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2024

This was a powerful tonic for the mass of Chinese peasants, who hungered for land reform.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

He cared little for material things but he hungered for respect and he was acutely aware that in the culture in which he lived, money was the prevailing gauge of success.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer