hunger
Example Sentences
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Arendt had written her dissertation on St. Augustine, who held curiosity to be dangerous, often tempting one to sin because of an insatiable hunger for one sight after another.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
From that point in the novel to its wrenching end, June searches for her baby with the passionate abandon of a first-time mother and the aching hunger of every mother separated from her child.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
The popular medicines remove feelings of hunger by acting like a natural gut hormone that makes users feel full.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
Researchers from the University of Concepción in Chile, working with colleagues at the University of Maryland, uncovered a previously unknown signaling pathway in the hypothalamus, the brain region that controls hunger and fullness.
From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026
When Viju’s father was in Chennai, Neel could remember watching their friend’s hair become straw-colored from hunger.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
Vocabulary lists containing hunger
Nutrition - Introductory
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