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Definition of Hungrier
1. hungry [adj] - See also: hungry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hungrier
Literary usage of Hungrier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"... and when I seen my life was safe, I began to grow twice hungrier nor ever—so
says I, ' captain, jewel, I wish we had a gridiron. ..."
2. The Keepers of the Trail: A Story of the Great Woods by Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1916)
"It took much food to satisfy the demands of that powerful frame, and he was
growing hungrier and hungrier. Moreover a light wind began to blow from the west ..."
3. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1888)
"When they were poor and driven from their thrones — they always shared —with the
Populace —if they met one poorer and hungrier. They always shared. ..."
4. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1900)
"Nathan was on upper Broadway now, getting hungrier and hungrier at every block.
Many people were hurrying and scurrying along after their Christmas dinners. ..."
5. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1887)
"... and his high spirits become less and less. After his second or third sleep he
becomes hungry. The train is late. He becomes hungrier and hungrier. ..."
6. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"... an' hit freeze on mah shoes, an' Ah get hungrier an' hungrier, an' Ah shout
an' Ah rage, an' all he say is, 'Ain' gone to hebben vit! ..."
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