Word info

Hunger Games

Noun

Meaning

Hunger Games (plural Hunger Games)

(neologism) A vicious contest, especially one that is winner-take-all.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun. Suzanne Collins

My name is Katniss Everdeen. I am seventeen years old. My home is District 12. I was in the Hunger Games. I escaped. The Capitol hates me........ Suzanne Collins

Ladies and gentlemen, let the Seventy-fourth Hunger Games begin! Suzanne Collins

Let the Seventy-forth Hunger Games begin, Cato, I think. Let them begin for real. Suzanne Collins

You and me Haymitch. Very cozy. Picnics, birthdays, long winter nights sitting around the fire retelling old Hunger Games tale. -Peeta Mellark. Suzanne Collins

The questions are just beginning. The arenas have been completely destroyed, the memorials built, there are no more Hunger Games. But they teach about them at school, and the girl knows we played a role in them. The boy will know in a few years. Suzanne Collins

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