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
The famishing girl spent another night in the woods, and at dawn resumed her travels, striking the war path at mid-day.
From Legends of The Kaw The Folk-Lore of the Indians of the Kansas River Valley by Carrie de Voe
When the famishing family had satisfied the cravings of hunger, the farmer, whose name was Blackadder, inquired, but in the most delicate manner possible, into the history of the widow.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Alexander Leighton
"I'm sure you children must be famishing," cried Mrs. Carlen.
From The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) A Novel by Mrs. Henry Wood
