hunger
noun
a compelling need or desire for food.
have hungered
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present perfectof hunger.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It’s the kind of detail-rich mythology that fans have hungered for, but has previously only been hinted at in casual, throwaway references, or in shadowy moments of character backstory.
From The Verge ● Apr. 30, 2018
“Their pain is still here. It burns in the soul of every person of African American origin in the United States. All African Americans have hungered and thirsted for the bounty of America.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 18, 2017
Natives must have hungered for a more expansive evocation of their hometown, one that explored the dirty genetics of a place that gave rise to both Al Capone and Rod Blagojevich.
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2011
It is expected that Italian audiences will take this fare with good appetite: for five years they have hungered almost in vain for U.S. films.
From Time Magazine Archive
I have hungered for the face of a white man these many years, and his was the first I saw;"— again he tossed a long finger towards the Irishman—"and it brought back many things.
From Pierre and His People, [Tales of the Far North], Volume 4. by Gilbert Parker
