There are millions of hungry people throughout the world.
That girl is always hungry.
The prisoners' families were hungry for more information.
They were hungry to learn more.
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And in 2023, Jimmy Kimmel anticipated that his audience might be hungry, and stashed snacks underneath their seats (with attendant donations to the L.A. Food Bank).—Justine Fisher, People.com, 26 Feb. 2025 Chelsea’s ownership viewed them all as young, smart, hungry, motivated people at the right point of their respective career arcs.—Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025 But the stage is a hungry animal, and Walsh and Mullarkey haven’t really generated enough protein to sustain it.—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2025 New York got an L&L in 2004 and lost it again about a decade later; in the years since, a hungry person in this town wanting plate-lunch flavors had few options.—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hungry
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English hungrig; akin to Old English hungor
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Time Traveler
The first known use of hungry was
before the 12th century
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