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Meanings of sharp-set 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
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 .
Usage of sharp-set in English
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.
6
The faces, scared or sharp-set, of the worshippers fronted the glory open-mouthed, but all dull.
7
I am sharp-set, he said, and indeed he ate with the zeal of a plough-lad.
8
It was an awkward business to have to explain things to that sharp-set old woman.
9
We had given our own provisions to the half-famished crew, and were becoming very sharp-set ourselves.
10
He never failed to carry a portion to his mother, sharp-set as he always was himself.
11
However, here I am, and shall be mighty glad of some food, for I'm desperately sharp-set.
12
Sir Oliver'll be home to sup with a sharp-set appetite-'tisthe only difference fighting ever made to he.
13
Delay and silence he knew would make Gandia the more sharp-set, and your sharp-set, impatient fellow is seldom cautious.
14
Well, when you are sharp-set, and you eat and satisfy yourself, everything looks pretty different from what it done before.
15
To tell the truth, I'm sharp-set, and I know you always have a bite of something appetizing about that time.
16
I know ye're sharp-set.