hungry
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,917 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 9,374 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food a world full of hungry people
- (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous also: athirst, thirsty athirst for knowledgehungry for recognition
hungry in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Your wolf no longer seems to be a wolf Than when she 's hungry.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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From twelve o'clock until four, the eating houses of the City are crammed with hungry clerks.
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1
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He hath filled the hungry with good things: and the rich he hath sent empty away.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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However, we attained there at length, and made the greater haste, because our stomachs were exceedingly sharp and hungry.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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When he had wandered far from home and was hungry, he would say: "I want to become a cow--Pyrzqxgl!"
The Magic of Oz · L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum · Chapter 1