famine
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
In a rare announcement, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, a global body tasked with assessing famine conditions, says conditions in and around Gaza City now meet the official criteria of a famine.
Archaeologist Thomas Muir, who led the excavation, said it appeared that some kind of "horrible event" such as famine had led to so many burials at the same time.
From BBC
“That would probably cause a famine in the country.”
From Los Angeles Times
His simple idea—that ordinary human beings are “the ultimate resource”—challenged the Malthusian notion that population growth leads to shortages and, ultimately, famine.
But this year we saw a different sort of “famine” in Gaza.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
