go hungry
idiom
: to suffer every day due to not having enough food to eat
Too many people in the world go hungry every day.
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Proceeds went to numerous charities selected by the Unbridled Charitable Foundation, including this year’s primary beneficiary Blessings in a Backpack, which mobilizes communities, individuals and resources to provide food on the weekends for elementary school kids who might otherwise go hungry.
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Rachel Desantis, People.com, 6 May 2025
Some of those programs even provide lunches for children who may otherwise go hungry.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Connecticut residents and Americans across the country will lose their healthcare, children, seniors and those with disabilities will lose food assistance and go hungry, thousands will lose jobs and local and state economies will be devastated.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 13 May 2025
Ensuring our children don’t go hungry at school shouldn’t be a partisan issue.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 13 Mar. 2025
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Rachel Desantis, People.com, 6 May 2025
Some of those programs even provide lunches for children who may otherwise go hungry.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Connecticut residents and Americans across the country will lose their healthcare, children, seniors and those with disabilities will lose food assistance and go hungry, thousands will lose jobs and local and state economies will be devastated.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 13 May 2025
Ensuring our children don’t go hungry at school shouldn’t be a partisan issue.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 13 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for go hungry
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“Go hungry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20hungry. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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