hungrily
- a word derived from hungry.
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
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
His excitement to see them arriving, old friends and newcomers alike, was only rivaled by the potential energy of the growing crowd patiently, hungrily waiting for a jazz concert.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2023
She ate hungrily, setting no type of table-manner examples for us, her daughters.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
