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Meanings of famished in English
Synonyms
Examples for "starved"
Examples for "starved"
1
I have seen young women starved to the point of non existence.
2
Then there's the idea to use sex-starved insects to follow bank robbers.
3
Seven or eight hundred anemic, half-starved men armed with light infantry weapons.
4
There was an excited flush in his starved cheeks; his eyes shone.
5
Those who cannot pay risk being beaten, starved, or forced into prostitution.
1
The flock came together ravenous and cannibal, and the party got clear.
2
And for the first time since I could remember, I was ravenous.
3
He caught the dangerous scent tonight; but he was ravenous to madness.
4
The ravenous manner in which they devour their food is almost incredible.
5
The eyes of the ravenous monsters below seemed to mock my devotion.
1
The clamourings of esurient Viennese-
2
Lowest of all are those whose esurient vanity, acting on a frivolous levity of mind, urges them to make Literature a plaything for display.
3
Oscar-theamiable, irresponsible, esurient Oscar-with no more sense of a picture than of the fit of a coat, has the courage of the opinions .
1
But I was wakeful now and my mind was sharp-set on many things.
2
Yonder Abbot is sharp-set, and I doubt whether letters will satisfy his appetite.
3
The face, sunk away to skin clinging on sharp-set bones, was turned in profile.
4
Bein' here all night, I expect ye be purty sharp-set, the whole on ye.
5
Perhaps it was their sharp-set appetites that made them think the food tasted unusually fine.
Usage of famished in English
1
Twenty long minutes later, mighty Zeppelin returned to satiate their famished followers.
2
Here these children were now, famished in the middle of a war.
3
Open gates enable provisions to reach the half-famished dwellers within the walls.
4
You must be famished, Mr. Langenau; pray go immediately to the dining-room.
5
This was the cry of the famished motherhood of a dying race.
6
But this success did not assuage the hunger of the famished colonists.
7
Thus Satan would have spoken, tempting a famished one in the desert.
8
The horses gave out, and the famished soldiers fed upon their flesh.
9
All the vegetable patches had been rooted up by the famished hordes.
10
The scene was altogether a cheering one to the poor half-famished wanderers.
11
Her heart was no longer famished; it was filled with little Tommy.
12
He is no disciple of the gaunt and famished school of simplicity.
13
Without ceremony he attacked the viands and ate as if half famished.
14
Hoshino was about to respond but suddenly noticed how famished he was.
15
As for the horses they were a prize for our famished soldiers.
16
Baree was famished-andthe meat was flung to him by a friend.
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Famished across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common