go hungry

phrase

: to suffer every day due to not having enough food to eat

Too many people in the world go hungry every day.

Examples of go hungry in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But almost no government—northern or southern, democratic or autocratic—wants to see so many people go hungry. — Anna Nelson, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026

Females are also far more likely than males to be illiterate, go hungry, be victims of human trafficking, or be murdered by a family member. — Gloria Steinem, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

Food production will drop, people will go hungry, water shortages will worsen, economies will be hurt and species like coral will go extinct, the report said. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026

If this armbanded dama accuses me of destroying public property, the silkworms at my home will go hungry tonight. — Jonathan Flint, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026