famishing

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Said the Mahatma: "You have my blessing and prayer in terms of famishing and naked India."

From Time Magazine Archive

Fierce and famishing he s journed to the wilderness.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was a dead silence in the room for some minutes, and then Dr Vinnicombe exclaimed— “Come, Churchwarden, here are Michael Ross and I famishing for a game at whist.”

From Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family by Fenn, George Manville

The only difference was that Dr. Thomson's cat drew the attention of the cook to the famishing stranger outside by pulling her dress and leading her to the place.

From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Williams, C. M.

He paid no heed to the little man in spectacles glaring opposite to him, famishing for Fun.

From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)