Definition
to be hungry: to be in need of food, to have an empty stomach, to be starving
Note, in English we use the verb to be before hungry.
hunger: desire or need for food, starvation, famine; desire
Pronunciation examples
UK: I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.
US: Third World hunger is a terrible problem.
- "Jean : Well, I'm very hungry, and since we don't eat dinner with Mamie, I suggest we go inside and at least we have a bite to eat, you know "miam miam"."
- "Horatio : Oleré is hungry too!"
- "Bruno : I declare that I'm hungry."
- "Horatio : I cannot think, I'm hungry!"
- "I'm hungry!"
- "I am hungry!"
- "Right now, I am so hungry I could die... again!"
- "I am so hungry I could eat an Eskimo."
- "Edward : Baby is hungry."
- "Bruno: A little bit hungry."
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