How to Use hunger strike in a Sentence

hunger strike

noun

• The inmates will take part in work strikes, hunger strikes, and sit-ins.
  — German Lopez, Vox, 17 Aug. 2018
• The same goes for Fassbender’s dramatic, hard-to-watch weight loss as the hunger strike goes on.
  — Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024
• The hunger strike was spearheaded by a handful of mothers in the caravan.
  — Ari Honarvar, Teen Vogue, 4 Dec. 2018
• People fought and died for equal rights and voting rights; suffragists endured hunger strikes and were beaten and jailed.
  — Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2018
• Ruiz Urquiola was hospitalized because of his hunger strike.
  — Nelson Acosta and Sarah Marsh, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2018
• The package also includes seven Fresh Start shakes and 15 snacks for when hunger strikes.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 4 Jan. 2019
• Students went on a hunger strike May 13 and occupied the square for weeks, joined by ordinary workers.
  — Robyn Dixon, latimes.com, 3 June 2019
• Prisoners will conduct work stoppages, hunger strikes, and spending boycotts in the hopes that their list of 10 demands is met.
  — Jennie Neufeld, Vox, 22 Aug. 2018
• The students occupying the square declared a hunger strike, their demands grew more radical, and demonstrations spread to hundreds of other cities around the country.
  — Andrew J. Nathan, Foreign Affairs, 30 May 2019
• Two dozen immigrants detained in Louisiana are on a hunger strike to protest being locked up as many seek asylum in the United States.
  — Astrid Galvan, The Seattle Times, 29 Mar. 2019
• Anatoly Marchenko died from a hunger strike in 1986, and a couple of years later the satanic Soviet Union fell to pieces.
  — Alexei Navalny, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
• In a defining moment of the protest movement, Wu’er, who was on hunger strike and dressed in striped hospital pajamas, met with Li Peng, then China’s premier.
  — Mary Hui, Quartz, 30 May 2019
• The next day, 16 of these women went on a hunger strike.
  — National Geographic, 13 Aug. 2020
• There came a time when López went on hunger strike — 28 days.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 18 Oct. 2021
• Like Hunger, this movie is inspired by the 1981 hunger strike at the Maze prison.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 13 Jan. 2023
• Soni helped the workers travel to the White House and stage a hunger strike.
  — Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2021
• Jeschke and six others launched a hunger strike Aug. 30.
  — Karin Laub, ajc, 23 Sep. 2021
• On Tuesday, two weeks into the hunger strike, the group was forced to end it.
  — Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2021
• Nirmal Singh, 42, has been on a hunger strike for 18 days.
  — Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 22 Sep. 2023
• Reznicek, who was two weeks into a hunger strike at the time, welcomed the news.
  — Julia Shipley, Rolling Stone, 26 May 2021
• Some of them had been on a hunger strike since Tuesday to put pressure on the UC.
  — Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 26 Jan. 2024
• 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
• But a series of prison hunger strikes, starting in 2011, changed that.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2019
• Some of the lawmakers are doing a hunger strike for up to five days.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Nov. 2023
• Ronaghi is on a hunger strike to protest his arrest on Sept. 24.
  — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2022
• Three of the protesters, who were on a hunger strike, hadn’t eaten for 13 days.
  — Edmund Lee, New York Times, 3 May 2024
• Back in 2016, IIT Kharagpur students went on a hunger strike over such a hike.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 20 July 2022
• He was put on trial twice and died while on a hunger strike in the Soviet prison in 1985.
  — New York Times, 1 July 2022
• Before taking part in the hunger strike, the group discussed the risks, Garcia said.
  — Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2021
• The party said Woo has been on a hunger strike for the past 14 days to protest the Japanese discharge plans.
  — Kim Tong-Hyung, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2023

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024