was hungering
- past progressive of hunger.
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
As the botanists started, Speug, who had maintained an unusual silence all morning, joined the body along with Nestie, and gave Mr. Byles to understand that he also was hungering for scientific research.
From Young Barbarians by Maclaren, Ian
