starving

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LeBeau never hits a false note as Jerry in a performance that has the rough vulnerability of a Shepard master class à la “True West” or “Curse of the Starving Class.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Starving and exhausted, he spent the last of his money on a train ticket to Doncaster where his sister lived.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

Starving the market of supply and catering to the superrich means Ferrari can charge millions of dollars for limited-edition cars, while Porsche has to sell in much larger quantities at lower prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

Starving polar bears are an evocative symbol of global warming, but the affable and naturally curious Hanson reveals subtler, less noticed dramas in the ways animals adapt to climate change.

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2021

Starving men take a hard view of priests too fat to walk, Tyrion reflected.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin