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Meanings of so famished in English

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Usage of so famished in English
1
She tried to eat slowly, but she was so famished she devoured them.
Ruthless
2
You are so famished that the whole world is colored blue before your eyes.
The Young Engineers in Mexico; Or, Fighting the Mine Swindlers
3
Tom was so famished he could hardly wait to make sandwiches of the ham.
Gold in the Sky
4
We were all so famished that we took no heed of the noisomeness of the ration.
Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons: Wesel, Sennelager, Klinge...
5
Her letter gave the word of resurrection to his heart that was so famished for tenderness.
Jean-Christophe Journey's End
6
Art thou so famished that thou cannot hear?
Jitterbug Perfume
7
At last, when the poor creature reaches water, she is so famished from thirst that she drinks too much.
Arizona Sketches
8
He beat at them continually with his whip, but they were so famished that they took no notice whatever.
Russia in 1919
9
I warrant you will be so famished on arriving that you will empty every lunch-basket before attending to the outlook.
A Truthful Woman in Southern California
10
Then when he came into Asgard looking so famished, they thought it was because Loki had had nothing to eat.
The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths
11
If I could invent something to distract us, we might, for the time being, forget that we were so famished.
Nobody's Boy / Sans Famille
12
I am so famished.'
Bristol Bells: A Story of the Eighteenth Century
13
He was so famished, so weak for food of any quality, that the galloping horse in the hansom seemed to crawl.
The Lion and the Unicorn
14
He had never been so famished for a woman, and his entire body was on fire with the need of her.
Nocturnal
15
They are so famished that they creep at night to steal the potato parings which their German guards throw on to-therubbish heap.
Through the Iron Bars: Two Years of German Occupation in Belgium
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I could gnaw black-birch and reindeer moss, so famished am I-andthe Sagamore, too, no doubt, could rattle a flam with a wooden spoon.
The Hidden Children
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