hunger

An insatiable curiosity about the world and the principles by which it operates, a hunger to know the mysteries of nature and grasp the secrets of the cosmos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

While food markets have reopened, many cannot afford the goods on offer, there is still extreme poverty and hunger with reliance on charitable handouts.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

“Every time you honor your hunger, you are repairing,” Tribole says.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

It contains neural circuits that regulate hunger, which are among the systems influenced by weight-loss drugs such as semaglutide.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

“Do you really think you can live happily as a peasant? You’ve never known hunger, Catriona. You’ve never known what it’s like to want things you can’t have.”

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

Huge questions for a party that used to dominate Scottish politics and hungers for a way back to power at Holyrood.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

No one hungers for the bad old days—the infamous “Ford to City: Drop Dead” headline ran just months before PS1 opened—but it’s hard not to be nostalgic for the art world of the past.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

Ng’s and Wong’s bodies have both known hungers of many kinds, inheriting their ancestors’ “insatiable” appetites — for food and water, but also for connection.

From New York Times ● May 14, 2023

The series sticks with that impetus while expanding our view into the part of Ellie that hungers for family and true care.

From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2023

They were not supposed to try and sate their hungers with demons and the dead.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Malcom McLean, a New Jersey commercial shipper who championed the new idea of prepacking cargo into big metal boxes, hungered for a Pentagon contract.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 3, 2026

But beneath the bravado lies a wounded child — the boy who yearned for approval, who hungered for his father’s love but never got it.

From Salon ● May 6, 2024

But while she hungered for education, academic strictures rarely suited her, and her methods, ahead of their time, struck many university gatekeepers as too unorthodox.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2023

Passively, he hungered for another orbit between two poles that would let him live again; for a new mode of life that would catch him up with the tension of hate and love.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

On top of that, investors hungering for a new CEO had hoped Cornell’s replacement would arrive from outside Target; instead, the board picked a 20-year company veteran.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2025

It has also served as a watershed moment for the business-news landscape, making a group of internet influencers go-to sources for people hungering for news of FTX and SBF, as Bankman-Fried is known.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2023

“Our audiences are hungering for an authentic experience, the work of art placed in front of them,” Mr. Steward said.

From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2022

And students are hungering to be back in the hustle and bustle of campus life, Brumbaugh added.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2022

He had awakened on this morning with a hungering need to bark out orders and have them carried out with speed and efficiency.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy