starved

adjective

as in starving
feeling a desire or need for food after that long soccer practice, the children were really starved

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hungry
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  • Nolan sets the tone by opening with a bard (Travis Scott) beginning to tell the tale of the fall of Troy—at least the idealized heroic version that the bard’s audiences are hungry to hear.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Martin, who says she has been intrigued by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, says so many voters are just struggling to get by and are hungry for sweeping change.
    — Sam Gringlas, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026
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