hungering

Example Sentences

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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

Actors from all ranks are clearly hungering for the kind of substance and freedom that the stage can uniquely provide.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 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

“Mr. Saturday Night” Based on a 1992 movie, this musical features Billy Crystal returning to the role of Buddy Young Jr., a has-been comic who is hungering for a comeback and reconnecting with family.

From New York Times • May 18, 2022

They were her secret rebellion, her heart hungering, her little underground of one.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez