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Meanings of esurient in inglés
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 esurient in inglés
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 .