cravings
pronunciation
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Word Origin
- cravings (n.)
- "urgent desires," 17c., from craving, verbal noun from crave.
Example
- 1. And follow these tips for controlling food cravings .
- 2. Participants could also text back for specific advice when they had cravings or had lapsed back into smoking .
- 3. American researchers concluded that human cravings for the dessert were similar to those experienced by drug addicts .
- 4. For decades , researchers surmised that food cravings were the body 's subconscious effort to correct nutritional deficiencies .
- 5. Avoiding sunlight also causes out-of-control carbohydrate cravings due to the influence of sunlight on hormones like melatonin and serotonin .