How to Use hangry in a Sentence

hangry

adjective
  • There’s also a food truck so no one gets hangry.
    — Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Save time and ensure no one gets hangry with this rapid sheet pan recipe.
    — Amanda Favazza, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Creamy rice, smoky sausage and cheese make this feel like a warm hug for the hangry people in your life.
    — Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 18 Feb. 2026
  • If not, bring something everyone likes before the hangry vibes strike.
    — Annabelle Canela, Parents, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Many of you are hungry, maybe even hangry, for big beefy concerts in San Jose, but every one of us knows the truth.
    — Devan Patel, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Chicken, bacon, and ranch might as well be the holy trio that squashes all fights and satisfies every hangry complaint.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Here are some easy make-ahead breakfast casserole recipes that won’t add much time or money to your Thanksgiving week but will save you the hassle of hangry houseguests.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Being hangry is a real threat to your social life today, as Mercury trots into your community sector.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • After a few days of blissful middle-of-the-night wake-up calls from his hangry daughter, Crocker had to leave for Houston and the Sweet 16.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The Green Woodpecker The carne asada burrito at The Green Woodpecker has saved me from many hangry outbursts.
    — Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 24 Feb. 2026
  • At one point, tempers flared in the drive-thru lane as a driver in a pickup truck gave up and somehow managed to pull off a U-turn, precipitating a hangry window-down exchange of epithets with the car behind him.
    — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
  • But homemade meds can come with unexpected side effects — in this case, ghoulish visitations from the hangry Bertha, looking like a cross between Eric Cartman and Nosferatu.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Don't go hangry Just over a year after EsterEv opened at its new Bay View location, a flooding accident sent 200-plus gallons of water rushing into its dining room.
    — Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Chicago has a history of launching unusual vending machines, including Farmer’s Fridge, which pioneered salad offerings where soda, candy bars and potato chips usually tantalized hangry passersby from behind glass.
    — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026

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