famine
Example Sentences
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He read news articles about the “Dear Leader” drinking expensive whisky during North Korea’s massive famine in the late 1990s.
Nearly every child is at risk of famine or getting sick from preventable diseases.
From Los Angeles Times
He was chosen to head Chittagong University's economics department, but the young country was struggling through a famine, and he felt compelled to take practical action.
From Barron's
Lai sneaked into Hong Kong as a boy to escape famine in mainland China.
This is our body’s survival mechanism, evolved over many centuries, to slow our metabolism down and conserve energy during times of famine or stress.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
