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
Soon after, the mother eagle returned to the nest with food for Lola, the eaglet — who hungrily grabbed the fully intact and wriggling squirrel her mom had captured for her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
The blackness seemed to be thicker around him, fog swirling hungrily.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
