hungering

a hunger for affection.

a hunger for kindness

an insatiable hunger for success.

They hunger him into submission.

Hunger is the accompaniment of poverty.

to stave off hunger/illness

Hunger gnawed at the prisoners.

her hunger for knowledge.

all actors hunger for such a role.

an attack of hunger; an attack of melancholy.

try to hunger sb. into submission

The child hungered for approval.

Hunger is often the mother of crime.

The poor hunger, yet are not fed.

There is no food; they have to hunger the children.

The unemployed hunger for jobs.

She hungered for fresh vegetables.

It is better to die of repletion than to endure hunger.