desperately hungry

Frequency: 6.838.2 per million words

Extremely hungry, with a sense of urgency.

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Examples (10)

  • After trekking for hours, they were desperately hungry.
  • The lost hikers became desperately hungry after two days without food.
  • She felt desperately hungry after missing both breakfast and lunch.
  • The children, having played all morning, were desperately hungry by noon.
  • He was so desperately hungry that he could eat a horse.
  • A long day of physical labor made him desperately hungry.
  • They arrived at the camp desperately hungry and exhausted.
  • The aroma of the food made her feel desperately hungry.
  • Even after a small snack, I was still desperately hungry.
  • The refugees were desperately hungry after days of travel.