How to Use hunger strike in a Sentence

hunger strike

noun
  • When hunger strikes, go for a döner.
    — Blane Bachelor, AFAR Media, 29 Aug. 2025
  • For these, men starved themselves to death in hunger strikes.
    — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 10 Feb. 2018
  • The inmates will take part in work strikes, hunger strikes, and sit-ins.
    — German Lopez, Vox, 17 Aug. 2018
  • There came a time when López went on hunger strike — 28 days.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Having a treat or two handy will be a lifesaver when hunger strikes.
    — Julia Ries, Outside Online, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Detainees inside have staged a hunger strike.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 30 May 2026
  • Some lese majeste activists have gone on hunger strike while in prison.
    — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Reznicek, who was two weeks into a hunger strike at the time, welcomed the news.
    — Julia Shipley, Rolling Stone, 26 May 2021
  • People on both sides have shaved their heads or gone on hunger strike to press their demands.
    — Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Some of the lawmakers are doing a hunger strike for up to five days.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Nov. 2023
  • His three-week hunger strike has brought him to what his doctors say from afar could be the brink of death.
    — Kenneth Roth, CNN, 19 Apr. 2021
  • One man was taken to solitary to pressure him to end his hunger strike.
    — María Inés Taracena, The New Republic, 12 Apr. 2023
  • That group includes about five men who have gone on hunger strikes to protest, detainee lawyers say.
    — Charlie Savage, miamiherald, 12 Oct. 2017
  • He was released after going on a hunger strike.
    — Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Outside Berlin’s town hall one summer day a group of men stage a hunger strike.
    — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 22 Sep. 2017
  • On Tuesday, two weeks into the hunger strike, the group was forced to end it.
    — Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2021
  • The hunger strike has made some ripples, even if there won't be a pre-election debate.
    — Karin Laub, ajc, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Many of them send fresh, pre-cooked meals right to your door that are ready to heat and eat whenever hunger strikes.
    — Kristin Canning, SELF, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Soni helped the workers travel to the White House and stage a hunger strike.
    — Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2021
  • The precise number of men on the hunger strike remains unclear.
    — Nyrola Elimä, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Emergency records show the effects of a hunger strike can be severe.
    — Julia Ainsley, NBC news, 29 May 2026
  • No matter where or when hunger strikes, a Starbucks meal can come to the rescue.
    — Samantha Cassetty, NBC News, 22 May 2018
  • When hunger strikes, the Mayrose brasserie is open for breakfast and dinner.
    — Christina Liao, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2023
  • The hunger strike has increased concern among rights activists about the health of the detainees.
    — Nyrola Elimä, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Aliy was in the middle of his second week of a hunger strike and spoke with a fleece blanket wrapped around his body.
    — Sean Sirota, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2021
  • In the past, what tended to travel were tactics such as sit-ins, marches or hunger strikes.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The film tells the story of how the 2013 hunger strike helped make that happen.
    — Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Some people go on hunger strike and are not healthy enough to send back, McMillar said.
    — Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Three of the protesters, who were on a hunger strike, hadn’t eaten for 13 days.
    — Edmund Lee, New York Times, 3 May 2024
  • But a series of prison hunger strikes, starting in 2011, changed that.
    — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2019

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