hunger
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But a little hunger isn’t necessarily bad if it focuses the mind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Rake-thin men, their shorts made many sizes too big by hunger, pick through mountains of trash for food, plastic or anything they might be able to use or sell.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
The question is will Shields train her to rush the passer so he can practice his blocking techniques against someone with agility and a hunger to do anything for biscuits?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Scientists still do not fully understand how dietary fat interacts with the neural systems that control hunger, food intake, and body weight.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
Richard and I dig up sassafras root to chew on to ease our hunger.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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
They are all citizens of winter, prey to the daily hungers of real life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 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
Yet, our nation hungers for their radical song.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2023
“Ghosts are human hungers, and humans don’t have to be right.”
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
Enjoying heavy rotation on MTV on the wings of “Dancing with Myself” and “White Wedding,” his audience hungered for more.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2024
When she finally felt like she was making decent money doing the news, she still hungered to get into sports.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2024
And there the ginger smell was sharp, sharp enough to distort dreams and make the sleeper believe the things he hungered for were right at hand.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
Her own audience, primed to look for conspiracy theories in the wake of a high-profile murder, had been hungering for Owens to challenge the widely accepted version of events.
From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2026
“Mr. Kennedy is the one person who has the qualities that can bring about the unity that most Americans are hungering for,” Mr. Kucinich said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
And students are hungering to be back in the hustle and bustle of campus life, Brumbaugh added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2022
“The country is very volatile and hungering for change,” he said.
From Washington Post ● May 27, 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
Vocabulary lists containing hunger
Nutrition - Introductory
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