hungered

Example Sentences

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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

L.A. hungered to emerge from the shadow of neighboring San Francisco, to position itself as a place of national, even global import.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2023

That crisis-management savvy, clear agenda and now fragmented conservative opposition has put Francis in a position to make the changes his supporters have so hungered for.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2023

He slept not, for there was no sleep; he hungered not, for as yet there was no hunger.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan