go hungry
idiom
: to suffer every day due to not having enough food to eat
Too many people in the world go hungry every day.
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Kids certainly aren’t going to go hungry or thirsty, as there’s plenty of kid-friendly fare at the buffets, including a twice-daily dessert spread.
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Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2025
Hospitals will close, Americans will go hungry and die of preventable illnesses, but at least there will be far more detention space for our neighbors.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 July 2025
Working families will lose their health care, children will go hungry, and our seniors will lose access to long-term care, all to pay for massive tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy.
—Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
Listen to this article Hundreds of thousands of Bay State children and seniors could go hungry if congressional Republicans carry through with their plan to cut funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, the Healey administration is warning.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 15 May 2025
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Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2025
Hospitals will close, Americans will go hungry and die of preventable illnesses, but at least there will be far more detention space for our neighbors.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 July 2025
Working families will lose their health care, children will go hungry, and our seniors will lose access to long-term care, all to pay for massive tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy.
—Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
Listen to this article Hundreds of thousands of Bay State children and seniors could go hungry if congressional Republicans carry through with their plan to cut funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, the Healey administration is warning.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 15 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for go hungry
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“Go hungry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20hungry. Accessed 26 Aug. 2025.
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