How to Use hungry in a Sentence

hungry

adjective

• They were hungry to learn more.
• There are millions of hungry people throughout the world.
• That girl is always hungry.
• The prisoners' families were hungry for more information.
• Sometimes, a tiger is hungry enough to take a chance with a bear.
  — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 21 Feb. 2024
• The people sitting in the last row were just as hungry and thirsty as the fans up front.
  — Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2023
• People are hungry for good music and artists don’t want to fit in a box.
  — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 24 Feb. 2024
• This means that, to a hungry reindeer, the lichens look like blobs of black in a sea of white, even when they are buried beneath the snow.
  — Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
• Coach Paul Pitts-Dilley hopes his squad keeps the three H’s in mind: humble, hungry, and healthy.
  — Ethan Fuller, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2023
• Eleven percent of Washington is hungry for part of the year.
  — Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2023
• Unless that lion's very hungry and decides to kill and then store the food.
  — Clark Collis, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2023
• A lot of viewers will be hungry for season three, then.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2023
• Prepare to come hungry and ready to indulge in some of the best Italian cuisine in town.
  — Sherrie Nachman, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
• That means saying no to some young and hungry guys looking to build their name with a win over the 36-year-old legend.
  — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• For those who are into the Oscars and are also very hungry, here is L.A.
  — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2023
• My point is, the hits outnumber the misses — and there’s no going home hungry.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
• In the past, the survivors are tired, dirty and very hungry as the harsh Canadian winter rolls through their little camp.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2023
• This year, Berger hopes to lure in a solution: hungry toads.
  — Kate Morgan, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
• In past years the male house wren jumped into action as soon as eggs hatched, bringing in food to help feed the hungry youngsters.
  — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2023
• And there are plenty of other plants that drive away hungry insects.
  — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 2 June 2023
• But all of it speaks to how hungry people have been their whole lives to see themselves or some version of themselves.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Oct. 2023
• The bottom line is that, in Gaza, pretty much everybody is hungry at the moment.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2024
• And the recipe makes five dozen, enough to cover your hungry family and that upcoming potluck.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2023
• For guests who were hungry after dancing the night away, there was a baraque à frites, or the Belgian answer to a food truck serving fries, in the car park.
  — Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2023
• For those who are extra hungry, the El Especial has double the shrimp and double the carne seca.
  — The Arizona Republic, 14 July 2023
• But the eggs never hatched and eventually became a snack for a hungry raven.
  — Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 7 Feb. 2024
• Absinthe was a hit and audiences proved hungry for more.
  — Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 July 2023
• Thousands of attendees were left drunk, tired, hungry, and stranded with no place to go.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2023
• His father was a pastor, and the spare bedroom in their home next to the church was often filled with people who were down on their luck or hungry.
  — Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 May 2023
• The resulting pit was packed, hungry pit ready for pure rock, and Weezer was thrilled to deliver.
  — Heather Bushman, The Indianapolis Star, 18 June 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024