starve
Example Sentences
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Experts say wolves attack humans or livestock only as a last resort when they are starving, preferring less dangerous prey such as small antelopes.
From Barron's
U.S. shipping companies, which are generally required to hire Americans, say they are starved of crews.
She added: "I have no doubt that if this defendant was genuinely starving and had asked Mr Mackey for help, this kind, generous gentleman would have assisted him."
From BBC
“With consumer sentiment weakening and the market starved for real-time signals, the mall becomes the macro,” Stephen Innes, managing partner at SPI Asset Management, said in a weekend note.
From MarketWatch
Treasury Department claimed success this week, saying that the sanctions were “starving Putin’s war machine.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
