is hungering
- present progressive of hunger (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Based on a 1992 movie, this musical features Billy Crystal returning to the role of Buddy Young Jr., a has-been comic who is hungering for a comeback and reconnecting with family.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2022
“The Catholic Church has such beautiful art. This increasingly ugly world is hungering for beauty. Why would this be chosen?”
From Washington Times ● Dec. 17, 2020
Like all of us, he is hungering for a brush with the sublime, but he understands that life is more likely to be banal.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 25, 2019
He faces the knowledge that his fan base is hungering for October relevance.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2017
They call you unfeeling, my pet, you whose heart is hungering and thirsting after love!
From Problematic Characters A Novel by Spielhagen, Friedrich
