hunger
noun
a compelling need or desire for food.
was hungering
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past progressiveof hunger.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“I was hungering to use my voice in an unapologetic way.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2021
I was hungering for a less stressful, more immediate experience of comedy.”
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 6, 2015
Just as exotic meringue Pavlovas once seduced bland English palates, England at the start of the Capello era was hungering to go continental if that would bring success.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2012
He was hungering for a playwright's career then.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then I told him all that she had said, and asked him to hold her until she wakened, and give her some of the love her little heart was hungering for.
From The Love Affairs of an Old Maid by Lilian Bell
