famishing

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Fierce and famishing he s journed to the wilderness.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

In a word she offered bread to the famishing and hope to the desperate.

From Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton by Various

"I'm sure you children must be famishing," cried Mrs. Carlen.

From The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry

I remembered then the famishing condition of myself and friends.

From Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing by Shields, George O.