: an intense, urgent, or abnormal desire or longing
a craving for chocolate
a craving for new experiences
Examples of craving in a Sentence
I had a sudden craving for french fries, so I pulled into the nearest fast-food restaurant.
a pregnant woman with a craving for pickles
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Starbucks Starbucks store hours vary by location on Thanksgiving, but many will be open to meet all your holiday caffeine cravings.
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Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
Neharsh’s script follows a pregnant woman whose growing cravings for foods forbidden in her faith begin to disrupt the order and ritual of her devout household.
—Udita Jhunjhunwala, Variety, 24 Nov. 2025
His users are exposing the flaws in his own software, and in this case, those flaws seem to illustrate that the world’s richest man has a desperate craving for respect and status.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 2025
Help satisfy their cravings with one of the Stanley x Wicked tumblers.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2025
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Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
Neharsh’s script follows a pregnant woman whose growing cravings for foods forbidden in her faith begin to disrupt the order and ritual of her devout household.
—Udita Jhunjhunwala, Variety, 24 Nov. 2025
His users are exposing the flaws in his own software, and in this case, those flaws seem to illustrate that the world’s richest man has a desperate craving for respect and status.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 2025
Help satisfy their cravings with one of the Stanley x Wicked tumblers.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for craving
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“Craving.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/craving. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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craving
noun
crav·ing
ˈkrā-viŋ 
: a great desire or longing
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