Example Sentences

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That’s where market behemoths, who have been feasting on small competitors for decades, begin to hungrily eye one another’s total addressable markets.

From Barron's • Dec. 4, 2025

“Can’t we just, for one night, just all be family?” he pleads, a bit too hungrily.

From Salon • May 2, 2025

It’s packed with jagged guitar lines and fiery melodies that nip hungrily at your earlobes.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2024

During filming, Gandolfini hungrily eyed the onion rings on the table before him — but was not allowed to eat them until multiple takes had been completed.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2024

She doesn’t say anything, but I can see the pleasure in her body language, the way she hunches hungrily over the bills and runs her good hand across their crisp surfaces.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu