had hungered
- past perfect of hunger.
Example Sentences
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Their movement had hungered for this moment for years, but now, after Oct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
They had hungered and been ragged and lived with the wolf at the door.
From Time ● Oct. 25, 2012
No wonder I had hungered, and was thirsty—no wonder I felt an aching in my bones.
From The Boy Tar by Read, Edward
Her heart had hungered for the one glad cry of joy: "Mother, I'll come to thee!"
From "Unto Caesar" by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
The two lonely old hearts which had hungered all these long years for the little children who had so early left them thrilled with gladness at every sound of the eager, girlish voices.
From The Lilac Lady by Brown, Ruth Alberta
