famish
Example Sentences
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The President pondered, smiled, said: "Well, they can't famish on that."
From Time Magazine Archive
"Well, donOt famish yourself on account of me."
From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Sills, Steven (Steven David Justin)
A younger son of the poorest noble would famish rather than earn his livelihood in an employment considered vile.
From Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge by Wylie, James Aitken
While living bodies famish and living eyes burn for the sight of beauty.
From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various
I take my eyes from what too much would please, As men in fevers famish their disease.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 by Scott, Walter, Sir
