How to Use hunger strike in a Sentence

hunger strike

noun

• The next day, 16 of these women went on a hunger strike.
  — National Geographic, 13 Aug. 2020
• There came a time when López went on hunger strike — 28 days.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 18 Oct. 2021
• Like Hunger, this movie is inspired by the 1981 hunger strike at the Maze prison.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 13 Jan. 2023
• Soni helped the workers travel to the White House and stage a hunger strike.
  — Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2021
• Jeschke and six others launched a hunger strike Aug. 30.
  — Karin Laub, ajc, 23 Sep. 2021
• On Tuesday, two weeks into the hunger strike, the group was forced to end it.
  — Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2021
• Nirmal Singh, 42, has been on a hunger strike for 18 days.
  — Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 22 Sep. 2023
• Reznicek, who was two weeks into a hunger strike at the time, welcomed the news.
  — Julia Shipley, Rolling Stone, 26 May 2021
• Some of them had been on a hunger strike since Tuesday to put pressure on the UC.
  — Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2024
• His three-week hunger strike has brought him to what his doctors say from afar could be the brink of death.
  — Kenneth Roth, CNN, 19 Apr. 2021
• But a series of prison hunger strikes, starting in 2011, changed that.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2019
• Some of the lawmakers are doing a hunger strike for up to five days.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Nov. 2023
• Ronaghi is on a hunger strike to protest his arrest on Sept. 24.
  — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2022
• Back in 2016, IIT Kharagpur students went on a hunger strike over such a hike.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 20 July 2022
• He was put on trial twice and died while on a hunger strike in the Soviet prison in 1985.
  — New York Times, 1 July 2022
• Before taking part in the hunger strike, the group discussed the risks, Garcia said.
  — Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2021
• The party said Woo has been on a hunger strike for the past 14 days to protest the Japanese discharge plans.
  — Kim Tong-Hyung, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2023
• Cynthia Nixon is going on a hunger strike to protest the Israel–Hamas war.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Nov. 2023
• Aliy was in the middle of his second week of a hunger strike and spoke with a fleece blanket wrapped around his body.
  — Sean Sirota, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2021
• When hunger strikes, the Mayrose brasserie is open for breakfast and dinner.
  — Christina Liao, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2023
• Sunrise is reaching out to members of Congress to join them in the hunger strike.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 19 Oct. 2021
• One man was taken to solitary to pressure him to end his hunger strike.
  — María Inés Taracena, The New Republic, 12 Apr. 2023
• She’s on a hunger strike to bring attention to these issues.
  — Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 28 Jan. 2021
• Brail later staged an 11-day hunger strike in a plane tree near the Eiffel Tower.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2022
• He’d been arrested, and Mr. Ronaghi went on a hunger strike in jail.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 6 Mar. 2022
• The hunger strike has made some ripples, even if there won't be a pre-election debate.
  — Karin Laub, ajc, 23 Sep. 2021
• His wife Taghreed said the hunger strike had taken a severe toll on her husband and the rest of the family.
  — Abeer Salman, CNN, 8 Nov. 2020
• Years of hunger strikes and force feeding have left him unable to eat most solid food.
  — Feliz Solomon, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2023
• More arrests have been made at campus protests, as Princeton students begin a hunger strike.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
• When suffragettes were arrested by police, many also went on hunger strike.
  — Elfy Scott, refinery29.com, 4 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024