hunger
Example Sentences
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He went on hunger strike this March while behind bars and was later released after being pardoned by Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi.
From Barron's
Meeting the humanitarian needs of a nation caught in hyperinflation, joblessness and hunger would be a priority.
The conflict has created the world's largest hunger and displacement crises.
From Barron's
Even a recurrent but unadorned lyric like “I hunger and thirst” becomes an instant earworm.
From Salon
And his character is complex in novel ways: The child of Chinese immigrants, Alexander was reared by people almost desperate to Americanize themselves, and he too has a hunger to be accepted.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.