famished

Example Sentences

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And audiences, it turned out, were famished for such a protagonist.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2024

It was Ramadan, and when the time came to break the traditional fast, T was famished.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2023

Ware is famished - her day started with 6am weight training - but after a quick glance at the burger-centric menu, she opts for a cappuccino and settles down to chat about music.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2023

Three hours later, I disembarked at the main station in Vienna, famished.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2023

Cange, with a population of about thirty thousand, might be described as the most impoverished, famished, and disease-ridden place in Haiti.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French