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Meanings of starved in English
Synonyms
Examples for "famished"
Examples for "famished"
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 .
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 starved in English
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.
6
And they arrived in Reno half-starved and ready to go to work.
7
Nourish your idea plants that have been starved; prune your word plants.
8
The rabbits got in there, and gradually the sheep were starved out.
9
We're starved for sun and light in the cities we live in.
10
Like many state enterprises in Venezuela, Cantv has grown starved for investment.
11
The fund-starved firm has borrowed from banks to meet short-term capital requirement.
12
You must be starved by this time; and I can recommend it.
13
He saw me dying a prisoner in jail, starved and in rags.
14
The credit crunch that starved businesses of finance has still not ended.
15
The only reason the Yankees whipped the South was they starved em.
16
From the outset it has been starved of funding and political will.
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Starved through the time
Starved across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common