famish

Example Sentences

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The President pondered, smiled, said: "Well, they can't famish on that."

From Time Magazine Archive

He declared that should his wife go hence the fountains of his soul would dry up, his mind would famish, and the light of his life would go out in darkness.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women by Hubbard, Elbert

A younger son of the poorest noble would famish rather than earn his livelihood in an employment considered vile.

From Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge by Wylie, James Aitken

But the tendency to famish us displayed by our Rulers was not calculated to improve the morale of a civilian, or any, army.

From The Siege of Kimberley by Phelan, T.

Fie on ambition! fie on myself; that have a sword, and yet am ready to famish!

From Highways and Byways in Sussex by Griggs, Frederick Landseer Maur