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Meanings of ravenous 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
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.
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 ravenous in English
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.
6
Despite the Hendrix's perfectly balanced autochef breakfast, I discovered I was ravenous.
7
I was in good health again, and my appetite was simply ravenous.
8
Wexford Festival Opera offers enough music to satisfy a ravenous culture vulture.
9
Dagmar was ravenous and restive, her child soon ready for the world.
10
They spoke in low, strange voices-atonce male and female, all ravenous.
11
He had not eaten and the icy air begot a ravenous hunger.
12
Still close upon his heels had followed the ravenous and untiring wolves.
13
Behind were only the ravenous waves seeking to overtake and swamp me.
14
In fact, when I think of it, I am ravenous, he answered.
15
The condor, however, is one of the most ravenous of his species.
16
His long fast had caused him to feel the most ravenous hunger.
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Ravenous across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common