hungry for

hungry for something

Fig. desiring something, often something other than food. The orphan was hungry for the warmth of a family. Bill has become hungry for knowledge and is always studying.

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These ghosts are said to be the souls of people who were deceitful, greedy and selfish, traits which they carry into the afterlife as a hungry ghost, constantly hungry for particular objects.

The hunger of ghosts

How does one become hungry for the survival of the earth?

Get hungry for lent: lent's fasting, prayer, and almsgiving ought to open our eyes to what's happening in the world around us. Maybe it's time to "give up" a little more than chocolate

She sees Christ in disguise in the hungry, naked, and homeless: "hungry not only for bread - but hungry for love.

Works of love are works of peace: Mother Teresa of Calcutta and the Missionaries of Charity

He ate with people who were hungry for what he had to give.

Eat, drink, and be holy: it's not what you eat that counts but with whom you eat it, says Jesus, who had some pretty remarkable eating habits himself. (testaments)

We're also hungry for touch: for the hug, hold, and comfort of another's hand, for the soft caress of a lover, for the rocking coziness of a nursing mother, even for the gentle stroke of a purring pet.

And our skin, which has about 50 touch receptors for every square centimeter and about 5 million sensory cells overall, is hungry for touch.